Almost Friends (aka The Chef's Wife)

The wife of a successful chef feels unfulfilled in her role as dining-room hostess and consults career counsellor, who is herself dissatisfied by her useful but mundane place in the scheme of things. Without meaning to, the two women find their lives growing tangled together, with ever more complex tragicomic consequences. [French title: On a failli être amies]

“A well observed and written drama leavened with touching asides and comedic moments. It also offers something of a masterclass in French acting in the bargain, as the actresses have to constantly switch registers, sometimes within a single shot.” ~Boyd Van Hoeij, Hollywood Reporter