Iris Blond

In the grand European tradition of movies about horny middle-aged men lusting after indifferent younger women comes this sharp-looking tale of love and sexual frustration. Wildly popular Italian comedic auteur Carlo Verdone directed, co-wrote and stars as Romeo, a has-been pop sensation who's seeking his kismet: A blind fortune-teller once told him he'd find both love and riches with a poetry-writing singer named after a flower. A year and a half later, Romeo finds himself living in Brussels with an overbearing crooner named Marguerite (Andrea Ferreol) — margherita being Italian for "daisy" — tinkling along on the piano while she belts out endless ...