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"Tu veux ou tu veux pas"

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Sophie Marceau ("LOL") and Patrick Bruel ("What's in a Name?") co-star in this latest romantic comedy from writer-director Tonie Marshall ("Venus Beauty") You would think that the French have had enough of the cliche that they’re a nation of well-dressed, well-bred horndogs, but then comes  Sex, Love & Therapy  ( ‘Tu veux ou tu veux pas’ ), a vaguely high-concept rom-com about two Parisian therapists who are so obsessed about getting into the sack with anyone they meet, they can’t ever get it on with each other. Hardly funny despite a few decent one-liners early on, and hardly sexy despite an eternally young  Sophie Marceau  ( LOL ) in the lead role, this latest effort from distaff writer-director  Tonie Marshall  feels about as a fresh as a condom that expired sometime back in the late 90s. It was then that Marshall had a breakout hit with her salon-set chick flick,  Venus Beauty , which introduced  Audrey Tautou  to the public a few years be

"Night Music" by Jojo Moyes

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This is a novel about obsessions. Matt and his wife Laura are obsessed with the idea of owning Spanish House when its cantankerous and demanding owner Mr Pottisworth dies. For this reason, Laura has pandered to Mr Pottisworth for many years. She takes meals to him and endures a barrage of criticism and complaint. However, despite hinting, he has never actually promised that they will inherit his house. So it's no surprise when we learn that he has a distant relative who is in fact his heir. Isabel, the heir, is a musician, obsessed with her violin. She's also obsessed with the memory of her recently deceased husband Laurent, whom she loved with an abiding passion. He was killed in a car accident, and has left her in debt, floundering to survive in the world of realities which, up to this point, she has mostly ignored. Her teenage daughter Kitty takes on more responsibility than she should, and her young son Thierry has retreated into a world of silence since his father died.