holy lola ( 20040 direct by bertrand tavernier star jacques gamblin ( lenfer ) and isabelle carré ( he love me . he love me not ) an emotional roller coaster of the trial and tribulation of a french couple effort to adopt an orphan baby in cambodia . monsoon season and a husband and wife arrive in cambodia have complete ream of paperwork back home in order to be able to adopt a baby and they end up at a hotel full of similar couple some of whom have already be there several week wait for their chance . for two hour or so we follow them around visit orphanage and small village and face a steady stream of bribery and corruption in their attempt to obtain the one thing they feel will make their life complete . heartache and joy and disappointment and frustration and the emotion soar and dive a an opportunity end in an empty promise . baby often steal from their mother be offer for a price and a phone call from an orphanage will end in bitterness because another ( usually american ) couple have use large amount of cash to jump the queue and have take the child . even when they eventually manage to find a beautiful orphan baby girl already reject by another couple and the endless paperwork and bribe need to complete even the simple of task lead to argument and despair . physically and emotionally and financially drain and you wonder will they ever be able to leave cambodia with the child of their dream . hand hold camera work and totally naturalistic act give the film an almost documentary feel and the emotional high and low be so perfectly play that you could easily believe this be all for real . how real couple can handle this sort of situation and the faith and love and fortitude need must be incredible . this be no travelogue and you get the non tourist cambodia include a visit to a large open garbage tip where hundred of people from very young child to the very old eke out an existence scrabbling through other people waste . you also see the ward in the orphanage of the baby nobody want and baby with aid etc . a very good film but with a couple of minor flaw and you lose a sense of time and i honestly couldn not say how long the search for the baby take . this along with the follow up frustration of sort out all the paperwork to be able to take the baby back to france and it could have be week or even month and i honestly haven not get a clue . the constant dashing from here to there and from hotel to orphanage to village etc leaf you feel lose and in a sense frustrate a to why and but that do in a sense draw you into the same emotional state a the couple a each trip they make end in more and more frustration . all in all and not your typical film but if it do pique your interest and it will grab you and drag you along on a literally dizzying ride . it be tough go but i felt it be more than worth it to for the amazing performance ( especially the main couple ) and to get a real sense of life in cambodia . cheer trev .