Casse Tête Chinois / Chinese Puzzle (2013 Cédric Klapisch & scr)

Such was the time gap, I'm not sure I even twigged last time that this was the third instalment in the 'Xavier' trilogy after L'Auberge Español and Poupées Russes, ten years later (actually eight). Thus Romain Duris, Kelly Reilly, Cécile de France and Audrey Tautou are reunited in New York and complications ensue surrounding their own relationships and the children. Still stylish, clever and inventive, with some funny sex scenes, though perhaps not quite up to the level of the first two - well, I didn't experience tears of joy or emotion, and I did in the others....

With Sandrine Holt (Ju; the last season of Homeland), Flore Bonaventura (the babysitter), Li Jun Li, Benoît Jacquot (Xavier's father). And Klapisch cameoing as a photographer.

A 'Casse-tête' is a brain teaser or difficult problem.

Camera: Natasha Braier. Music: Christophe Minck and Loïk Dury. Editing: Anne-Sophie Bion (The Artist, Back to Burgundy).

It's the first time four films by the same director have been seen in this column reviewed (well, jottingsed) back-to-back, but that's partly down to the fact that we keep chatting about 'Black Cab' and don't watch as many films as we might.