Two women and a few men: a spicy portrait of femininity (review)

Quebecois Chloé Robichaud dynamites the comedy of manners by celebrating the imperfect feminism of everyday life through sharp dialogues, an impeccable sense of rhythm and a twisting direction

It’s winter in Quebec. The snowflakes are falling on Chloé Robichaud’s comedy, which was also born from a snowball effect: a film – Deux femmes en or, released in 1970 – which led the author Catherine Léger to modernize the story into a play in 2023, which in turn inspires a film in 2026. A virtuous circle which washes the original scenario of the markers of the second feminist wave, to better correspond to our times. No more revolution, make way for the imperfect feminism of everyday life.

For Violette and Florence, two neighbors locked in their homes, this emancipation begins with the cessation of breastfeeding for one and antidepressants for the other. The result is the same: an exploding libido, but partners reluctant to venture there. So, extramarital affairs multiply. Plumber, electrician, delivery man: everything goes. We talk about sex without sexualizing it, about monogamy without sugarcoating it, about libertinism without dramatizing it. The female gaze takes up residence there, both in the way of filming the bodies and in the writing of the male characters. The Robichaud-Léger duo dynamites the comedy of manners with sharp dialogues, an impeccable sense of rhythm and a twisting direction, enough to paint an amusing portrait of femininity.

By Chloé Robichaud. With Karine Gonthier-Hyndman, Laurence Leboeuf, Félix Moati… Duration: 1h40. Released March 4, 2026