Hand in Hand

COMING SOON: Valerie Donzelli's Hand in Hand (France, 2012) - The reigning monarch of French screwball indie rom-coms, Valerie Donzetti charms more than she delights with her follow-up to the remarkable Declaration Of War, which after its 2011 Cannes debut went on to seal a raft of arthouse deals. Featuring a brace of immensely enjoyable performances, not least by talented comedienne Valerie Lemercier and Donzelli’s former partner (and co-scripter) Jeremie Elkaim as an unlikely couple from different sides of the tracks who become literally inseparable, Hand In Hand (Main dans la main) fails quite to deliver on its exhilaratingly madcap first act.