Nude Celebs: Alice Taglioni -

I don't mean to sound shallow, but French filmmakers should stick to doing what they do best: getting people naked and showing lots of sexy scenes, while also including a good story. Romance and Secret Things are two great examples of that. This 2004 drama isn't.

Heavy with social commentary, but light on "the good stuff", Grande École tells of Paul, a rich and attractive son of a Marseilles contractor, who is raised to be smart, but also taught to be racist (against Arabs), and to look down on blue-collar working types and the poor. Sent to college, he quickly rejects his father's values and takes up with several liberal students of all races.

As Paul becomes involved with a young woman and develops a homosexual affair with an Arabian construction worker, his girlfriend suggests she and Paul compete to seduce another man whom he is attracted to. If she wins, he'll give up all homosexual tendencies. If he wins, she'll leave and never look back.

Although the plot has it's moments, and there is a little nudity, the pace slows to the point of boredom, and while there are great social lessons in the film, it struggles to hold the interest of the viewer.