Brigitte and Brigitte

Director Luc Moullet constructs the film as a series of witty vignettes, relying on the contrast between the two identically named heroines. He explores provincial naivety confronting urban intellectual fashion through dialogues saturated with New Wave references.

What lingers after viewing is a sharp yet gentle satire of student life and the intellectual posturing of an era. The film leaves one with a sense of bright nostalgia for a time when the biggest dilemmas were debates about Godard and hunting for a cheap room. — MovieFinder Editorial