Most people long to be in a relationship; the idea of being with someone, intimate with someone, spending quality time together, and possibly building a family together.

But after a while, it can start to lose its appeal, with the elements that brought you together no longer there, as a rift makes itself evermore apparent.

This Canadian French film explores the rift taking its toll on two couples, with them living as neighbours.

Violette (Laurence Lebouef) can hear a noise, which she believes is coming from her neighbour’s apartment next door; she describes it as the noise crows might make, but she thinks it’s the sound of her neighbours making love.

She invites her neighbour Florence (Karine Gonthier-Hynman) around for a chat, and she raises this delicate issue. It takes a while for Florence to understand the meaning, but when she does, she confesses it can’t be the case, as her and her partner David (Mani Soleymanlou) haven’t been...intimate...for quite some time.

The conversation is the start of something in both their lives, as it brings focus to each of their relationships, and highlights what is missing.

Chloé Robichaud’s film is a dive into the lives of two women, neighbours, who have a lot in common where relationships are concerned.

Violette has recently had a baby, which seems to have created distance with her husband Benoit (Félix Moati), who unbeknownst to her, is having an affair. Their sex life then, is suffering from it.

After her conversation with Violette, Florence realises that her and her hubby haven’t had sex in some time, which she thinks may have something to do with her being on medication for depression, so she decides to come off them. David is concerned about these changes, so makes the decision to start taking antidepressants himself. He then, of course, suffers from the same side effects his wife did, with a reduced libido.

These changes bring both women’s sexuality very much to the surface. The story goes a little old fashioned, as if paying homage to countless retro pornography scenes, such as calling a workman round to fix something in their flat so as to seduce them, which although amusing at first, the more it goes on, it feels uncomfortably dated. It’s not exactly subtle, and with its Benny Hill approach, doesn’t feel like it’s doing feminism any favours at the same time. So points for pointing out the issues coming to the fore in these relationships, but losing said points for its execution soon after.

In doing so, it seems to promote the idea of the importance of sex in a relationship, which it can be, but just bonking handymen and the like as a form of saving the relationship isn’t as useful as, say, counseling perhaps.

It also wants to address serious issues, such as the creation of monogamy, which has its merit, but juxtaposed with two lost, lusty women just doesn’t work.

It would possibly work if it was a period film, or simply an out and out farce, but as it takes place in a modern world, attempting to address thought-provoking issues, it’s sadly all too lacking.

If you’re looking for a cinematic match, offering GSOH and meaning, you may want to swipe left on this one.