La Bûche (1999) **

Directed by Danielle Thompson. With Emmanuelle Béart, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Sabine Azéma. Question: is the director English or French? It doesn't matter. The film is very, very French: husbands cheat on their wives (having children with their mistresses), and wives cheat on their husbands (having children with their lovers). And so three sisters (or maybe half-sisters?) have to sort out their complex family ties (an unknown half-brother, a stepfather's first wife, etc.), while making exactly the same mistakes as their parents.