Ambitious

Ambitious

2007 · 90 min · ★ 4.9 · Romance, Comedy

On the one hand you have Judith Zahn, an arrogant, snobbish, Parisian editor. On the other hand meet Julien Demarsay: an insecure, timid, young bookseller from the East of France who has just written his first autobiographic novel, with what it takes of navel-contemplating and soul-searching. What do they have in common? Nothing much, except that sex will unite them, ambition part them before true love is born between them at last.

Directed by Catherine Corsini · Written by Catherine Corsini

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