Award-winning Ozon offers decent drama

Francois Ozon’s 5x2 (Pathé) is an unconventional love story which starts at the end and then works its way back.

Confused? Simple really. Marion (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi) and her husband Gilles (Stephane Freiss) sign off on the papers as their marriage dissolves, but in a series of flashbacks we get a glimpse of what first brought them together and made their relationship so loving, tender and funny.

But we also see a catalogue of cruelty, bitterness and vindictiveness as love goes out the window.

5x2 has scooped several film awards, and for any fan of Ozon (who recently achieved fame — or notoriety — for Swimming Pool) this is an impressive, though occasionally annoying work. Included is a Making of featurette and deleted scenes.

DramaStar rating: 3/5.