Isabelle Huppert and Jeanne Balibar shine as the warring mothers, maintaining unnervingly polite veneers as they engage in a ruthless showdown.
While Comedy of Innocence unfolds in the familiar parks and streets between the Eiffel Tower and the Seine, its real landscape is a fascinating mix of dream logic, psychoanalytic complexity, storybook adventure, and enigmatic humor, typical of the late visionary Raúl Ruiz.