Pardon my French

This movie follows the well worn path of many french movies. Over intellectualizing. The premise is not really believable. A young girl befriends a woman who has had a breakdown. She reads her mail and pays her bills. Rather than screaming to the police for help they end up becoming friends. She attends events as proxy and organises her life for her even attending her surprise birthday party for her. You don't really get much explained to you but there is certainly a lot of talk about very little. The thing about this style of movie I have never really fathomed is...do the French see it as a comedy or just the way life is.