PETITE SOLANGE (Allexe Ropert 2021)

The girlfriend of lively French cinema figure - critic, talker, actor, writer, director - Serge Bozon, whose sister has done handsome cinematography for Ropert before but doesn't here - Ropert, also more a writer than director, has crafted a misfire here. Formerly she did several oddball dramas and a comedy. This appears to be a familial melodrama to show how a couple's breakup can be emotionally devastating on their teenage daughter. Underneath everything is airless and surreal.