By William Wolf

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For a helping of entertainment spiced with malice there is “Lolo,” one of the better attractions of the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema series and now in commercial release. Julie Delpy has written and directed it and also has the starring role. She is delightful as Violette, a divorced woman in her forties working in the fashion world and in need of a man in her life.

There is very funny conversation between her and her best friend Ariane (Karen Viard) as they talk about men in sexual terms, much like men talk about women. She becomes involved with Jean-René, an ordinary guy, played by Dany Boon, who doesn’t fit her social world, but is a whiz at computer programming and treats her amorously.

Violette doesn’t realize that her son Lolo (Vincent Lacoste) has a fixation on her, is jealous of any man in her life and has been sabotaging her relationships, as he attempts to do with her latest one. The film becomes very involved plot-wise, and it takes a long time for mom to discover what Lolo is up to. As director, Delpy makes the film spin merrily along with its dark side as well as with its humor, and as an actress she also succeeds charmingly and is very adept at comedy. Of the films I have seen her in, I like her best in this one. Reviewed March 11, 2016.

  

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