How sad is this?

How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

I had the opportunity to watch three movies in this theme line. "Lulu Femme Nue" reminds me of "Shirley Valentine", a lovely British production, as well as "Bread and Tulips", the delicious Italian version. A middle aged woman, married with children, whose monotonous life is suddenly interrupted and she starts wondering and questioning, tired of her routine. It's time for a break! Then, she gets away from home and wanders around, meets people, who change her life and vice- versa. More importantly, she meets herself and finds out she's alive. Like the other films, Lulu is a feel good movie, refreshing like swimming naked in the chilly sea at the French coast. The three movies make me think that the human nature has no boundaries, specially women. We have the same questions, the same dreams and fears, no matter the nationality.