Aurore * * * 1/2

        Auorore was released as 'I Got A Life' in some countries.  I don't know why distributors re-label these films but there you go.  Anyway, it has been released as Aurore here but it's also been confined to a couple of Art House Cinemas.
         It's about a middle aged woman - Aurore - and her circle of family and friends, and the menopausal change of life she is going through.  Although we are aware of her despondency it's actually a very light hearted film.

Aurore and friend with crazy humour.

         Other than not having to go through menopause or get older, there does not seem to be much that Aurore wants from life - except maybe the right man.  She reflects on her past a bit and fondly remembers past episodes with her daughters  She thinks about the circle of friends she had that meant so much to her, and the one that got away.
          There does not seem to be a pressing narrative through Aurore so much as a series of revealing scenes from dealing with an idiot boss in a cafe where she works to dealing with imposing opera singers in a restaurant.
          She lives in a pretty town.  She has an amicable relationship with her estranged husband.  She has a best friend who is cheeky, funny and supportive.  Her friend has an outrageous sense of humour which is as offensive as it is funny.  Aurore has two daughters who are somewhat selfish, but ultimately there for Mum.
          One of them is obviously being used by a pretty useless boyfriend. The other is pregnant.  There is actually a very funny, totally irrational,  teary, mother/daughter argument scene which is based on nothing more than what their respective bodies are going through. (I'm just glad a woman wrote and directed this).
        Then one day, Totoche, the one that got away, comes back into her life.  He is also the doctor at the local hospital, so guess who Aurore's daughter will be seeing?
         You'll enjoy it whilst you're watching it and probably forget about it pretty soon after.