Violette is having a difficult maternity leave. Florence is dealing with depression. Despite their careers and families, they feel like failures. Florence’s first infidelity is a revelation. When having fun is far down the list of priorities, sleeping with a delivery guy could be revolutionary.

Chloé Robichaud playfully directs screenwriter Catherine Léger’s sharp and surprising contemporary adaptation of Claude Fournier’s 1970 comedy Two Women in Gold. The filmmakers’ reimagining embraces the absurdity and fun of the women’s misadventures while detailing with clarity and empathy the unmet needs that led them there, adding poignancy to the film’s full-bodied focus on female desire.

As neighbors bonded by their shared realization of a deep dissatisfaction with their would-be cozy family lives, actors Karine Gonthier-Hyndman and Laurence Leboeuf depict Violette and Florence’s burgeoning rejuvenation and renewed sense of self with bold comic flair. A lively sex romp embedded within a pointedly witty, complex examination of mental health, motherhood, and marriage, Two Women is a terrifically layered film written, directed, and performed with keen insight and comedic gusto.—Heidi Zwicker

Available in person. Also available online for the public (January 30–February 2) and credentialed press and industry (January 29–February 2).

This film contains mature content and may not be appropriate for all ages.