Russian Dolls (2005)

Xavier is back! we find him 5 years after lauberge espagnole - he is now 30 years old. His career & his romantic life are equally disappoiting. A chance meeting could be the answer to both his career & love life but xaviers lack of direction (& will-power) threatens to turn his good furtune into heartbreak. Studio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 01/23/2007 Starring: Romain Duris Kelly Reilly Run time: 129 minutes Product Description

Very Good Sequel

Romain Duris and Kelly Reilly have great chemistry in this sequel to L'Auberge Espangole. However, Audrey Tautou has only a brief cameo. November 6, 2008

Amusing comedy about a guy and dirls

Entertaining comedy about a guy trying to straighten out his life but girls and get in the way and help in ways he had not planned, as in real life usually happens. Comedy is satirical and sometimes subtle. June 15, 2008

Different from the first, yet just as enjoyable!

The movie was great, completely different type of movie than the first but just as enjoyable. Xavier has certainly matured, but at the same time keeps the movie interesting and fun. May 25, 2008

The sequel to L'Auberge Espagnole.

The Russian Dolls (Les Poupées russes) is the 2005 romantic sequel to the 2002 film, L'Auberge Espagnole (The Spanish Apartment), also directed by Cédric Klapisch. Romain Duris returns as Xavier, Audrey Tautou (Amelie) returns as Martine, and Kelly Reilly returns Wendy. Other characters from L'Auberge Espagnole return in lesser roles. (Those who enjoyed L'Auberge Espagnole will like this sequel. A third film is in production.) Set in Paris, London, St. Petersburg and Moscow, the film resumes with now thirty-year-old Xavier still searching for the perfect woman five years after parting ways with the six students with whom he lived in Barcelona. He and Martine have also parted ways, and Martine now has a son, Lucas. Xavier writes pulp romantic novels. He discovers the course of love never runs smoothly when he begins a relationship with a former roommate he knew in Spain, Wendy, while simultaneously pursuing an affair with a "perfect" model, Celia (Lucy Gordon). What's not to like about this film? The dialogue sparkles, the story entertains, and the European scenery is simply stunning. The Russian Dolls is to L'Auberge Espagnole (The Spanish Apartment) just as Before Sunset is to Before Sunrise. I recommend making it a L'Auberge Espagnole-Russian Dolls double feature.

G. Merritt March 17, 2008

A Smart, Funny, Chic Relationship Movie...Hollywood Wishes It Could Do This!

I'd never heard of this movie before I saw it by chance, and only just now found out it has a prequel. Must see...Must see... Russian Dolls was stylish, fast-paced, deep, funny, and hopped around Europe like a travel show with a plot. The comparison of the relationships shown in this film and the famous Russian dolls (store one within another) was a perfect metaphor. I'm ordering it today on DVD. I loved it! March 15, 2008

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