2 Autumns, 3 Winters (French: 2 automnes 3 hivers) is a 2013 French film written and directed by Sébastien Betbeder.
| 2 Autumns, 3 Winters (2 automnes 3 hivers) | |
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| Directed by | Sébastien Betbeder |
| Written by | Sébastien Betbeder |
| Produced by | Frédéric Dubreuil |
| Starring | Vincent Macaigne Maud Wyler Bastien Bouillon Audrey Bastien Pauline Étienne |
| Cinematography | Sylvain Verdet |
| Edited by | Julie Dupré |
| Music by | Bertrand Betsch |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | UFO Distribution (France) Film Movement (US) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $400.000 |
| Box office | $350.000[1] |
Plot
editThe story is narrated by each of the major characters. At the beginning, 33-year-old Arman decides to change his life. For starters, he takes up jogging, which is how he has his first meeting with Amélie.
Cast
edit- Vincent Macaigne as Arman
- Maud Wyler as Amélie
- Bastien Bouillon as Benjamin
- Audrey Bastien as Katia
- Thomas Blanchard as Jan
- Pauline Etienne as Lucie
- Jean-Quentin Châtelain as Arman's father
- Olivier Chantreau as Guillaume
- Eriko Takeda as Hazuki
- Loïc Hourcastagnon as the small ninja
- Emmanuel Demonsant as the big ninja
- Philippe Crespeau as Benjamin's father
- Marie-Claude Roulin as Benjamin's mother
- Zacharie Chasseriaud as the skater
- Jérôme Thibault as the doctor
Release
editThe film had theatrical showings in North America as part of the Rendez-vous with French Cinema series 2014 program.[2]
Critical response
editJordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter called it a "low-key kind of dramedy" and a "quirky French indie that gets by more on style and sass than on its storytelling skills, [...] With endearing performances and crafty 16mm imagery, but also a tad too many winks to the camera, this Cannes ACID sidebar selection should see additional fest and niche art-house play".[3]
Ronnie Scheib of Variety commented that "[i]n Sebastien Betbeder's playfully arty 2 Autumns, 3 Winters, three protagonists offer self-conscious riffs on their every thought and action, directly addressing the camera to describe past happenings, present happenings or what's about to occur momentarily. Mundane actions, trite exchanges and life-altering events all undergo the same literary alchemy, creating a matter-of-fact, Woody Allen-ish sense of complicity with the viewer. Maintaining a bemused, sometimes comic distance, Betbeder traces how happenstance crystallizes into biography as his characters traverse the titular seasons, with results that will delight some and alienate others."[4]
Mike Russell of The Oregonian gave it a 'B' grade saying "[a] fair amount of traumatic stuff happens in 2 Autumns, 3 Winters [... b]ut writer/director Sébastien Betbeder's French seriocomic romance still feels light (or emotionally distant, depending), thanks to the film's fusillade of stylistic tics."[5]
References
edit- ^ "2 automnes 3 hivers (2 Autumns, 3 Winters) (2013) - JPBox-Office".
- ^ "Program 2014". Rendez-vous with French Cinema. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- ^ Mintzer, Jordan (4 June 2013). "2 Autumns, 3 Winters: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ Scheib, Ronnie (27 March 2014). "Film Review: '2 Autumns, 3 Winters'". Variety. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- ^ Russell, Mike (12 February 2014). "'2 Autumns, 3 Winters' explores Parisian romance, trauma: Portland International Film Festival review". The Oregonian. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
External links
edit- 2 Autumns, 3 Winters at IMDb
- 2 Autumns, 3 Winters at AllMovie
- 2 Autumns, 3 Winters at Rotten Tomatoes
- 2 Autumns, 3 Winters at Allocine
- 2 Autumns, 3 Winters trailer on YouTube (with English subtitles)