Dieu est grand, je suis toute petite (2001)
Directed by Pascale Bailly

Film Synopsis

Michèle has barely turned twenty and yet already she has made up her mind that her life is a complete failure.  Her modelling career seems to be going nowhere and now she is alone, depressed and fed up after breaking up with her boyfriend Bertrand.  She suddenly feels so small, like a midget in a world of giants.  Badly in need of some direction in her apparently pointless life she does what many have done before her, which is to turn to religion.  After a fleeting dalliance with Christianity, which presents her with more questions than answers, Michèle decides that Buddhism is more likely to meet her spiritual needs.  Well, it's as good an excuse as any to cover herself with bling.

Alas, the search for nirvana gets Michèle nowhere and, far from being enlightened, she is soon looking elsewhere for that elusive thing called God.  It is then that François enters her life.  A vet in his early thirties, he has just the qualities that Michèle is looking for in a man.  The fact that he is a Jew is a bonus.  Even though François apparently has no interest in his religion, Michèle is drawn to Judaism like a moth to a flame and soon finds it to be the most rewarding belief system that she has tried so far.  But, once again, disillusionment quickly sets in.  François grows tired of Michèle and they soon separate, leaving her to continue her seemingly futile hunt for happiness and completion by herself.  Michèle is all but ready to give up her quest when, unexpectedly, François re-enters her life...