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4/23/2014

Cousin Cousine (1976)

This is the type of movie I generally dislike greatly. Too many self-obsessed people doing annoying things in a series of vignettes. Though this falls very definitely into that category, it's saved by the central story of two people in separate loveless marriages (she’s married to a serial philanderer and he to a childish whiner) finding each other. Their first conversation is actually enjoyed when waiting for their respective spouses, who are screwing each other in the bushes.

Their growing friendship, which eventually blossoms into love, is one of the more believable romances I've seen on film.

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