American half-sisters Roxeanne (Naomi Watts) and Isabel Walker (Kate Hudson) learn that what passes for worldliness in Santa Barbara doesn't make the grade in Paris, where the semiotics of sugar — cubes vs. granulated — and accessories could fill a book. Poet Roxeanne is married to aspiring painter, Charles-Henri (Melvil Poupard); younger half-sister Isabel is at loose ends and comes to Paris to spend time with her three-months-pregnant sibling and figure out what she wants to do with her life. She arrives just as Charles-Henri is abruptly abandoning Roxeanne for his girlfriend. Taking their cue from Charles -Henri's formidable mother, Mme. de Persand (Les...
Released:
2003
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
115 mins