For fans of rom-coms, it can be a struggle to find a new one that puts a fun, unique spin on all the tropes and twists that go hand-in-hand with the genre, while also respecting that said twists should not come at the expense of what makes the genre so beloved. In the case of French Girl, in theaters now, writer-directors James A. Woods and Nicolas Wright take the story to Quebec City, Canada, and follow Sophie (Évelyne Brochu), a French-Canadian chef living in the States, who travels home with her American boyfriend Gordon (Zach Braff) when she gets an opportunity to interview for a prestigious restaurant at the Château Frontenac. Only problem? Head chef and restaurant owner Ruby (Vanessa Hudgens) is also Sophie's ex-girlfriend. And she wants her back.

What ensues is a laugh-out-loud Cold War between Gordon and Ruby as they respectively try to maintain and vie for Sophie's affections, while the latter pushes herself to the limit for the professional opportunity of a lifetime, while also balancing the awkward, meet-the-parents tensions between the well-meaning Gordon and her loving-but-quirky family back home. I was curious to know if it was this flipping of genre conventions — while also retaining them where it mattered — that drew Braff, Hudgens and Brochu to the project. But when I asked them during a recent interview, they all had variations on the same answer, saying it really started with the script.

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