5x2 by Tuna

5x2 is a French tale of a disintegrating marriage that starts in the divorce courts, and shows five earlier time periods in the marriage of the two people, hence the title. The segments are shown in reverse chronological order, which changes the entire focus of the film for the viewer. The end of the marriage in an unfriendly divorce is a given, so each time capsule provides some understanding as to where the couple went wrong.

In the first segment, the couple leaves the courtroom, checks into a motel, and starts a farewell fuck. She changes her mind, and he anally rapes her. Pretty obvious he is not the caring, gentle lover type. The next episode takes place at a dinner party, where he demonstrates that he cares much more for his son than his wife. Next we see the birth of the son, where the husband takes a powder. Episode 4 shows their wedding night, where he passes out with her wanting sex, causing her to screw a stranger out of frustration. Finally, the last segment shows how they met. He is with his current girlfriend on vacation in Sardinia. He ditches his current girlfriend to swim off into the sunset with his future wife.

One could probably summarize the same plot and make her seem more responsible for the failure of the marriage.

I personally found it a very watchable film dealing in a realistic way with a real life subject.

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5x2

 

Nudity Report

alerie Bruni-Tedeschi exposes the front of her body in total. Her bum is seen from oblique angles.

She shows her bum directly in a deleted scene.

Geraldine Pailhas showed one nipple

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