Holly

Anyone who has been to South East Asia can attest to the fact of being besieged on all sides by young kids selling wares of various kinds. Soon you learn not to make eye contact and keep walking. The film is about Patrick (Ron Livingston) who fails to do so and looks into the eyes of young Holly (Thuy Nguyen). Soon he finds himself wandering around in the sick underbelly of child prostitution that is rampant in Cambodia. A scenario where a happy ending is hard to find...

Rating: * * +

The Valet

Businessman Pierre (Daniel Auteuil) finds himself in deep shit when he is caught on candid cam with his supermodel mistress Elena (Alice Taglioni). When confronted by his ice maiden wife (Kristin Scott Thomas), who also happens to have a majority stake hold in his business, he blurts that the girl is really with a passer by who happens to be in the picture too. Poor Francois (Gad Elmaleh) who has just been rejected by his girl friend now finds himself magically sleeping next to a supermodel in return for money. A spicy comedy that only the French could come up with and execute with nonchalance.

Rating: * * +