Chinese Puzzle
| Casse-tête chinois | |
|---|---|
 Official poster | |
| Directed by | Cédric Klapisch |
| Produced by |
Bruno Levy Buzz Koenig |
| Written by | Cédric Klapisch |
| Starring |
Romain Duris Audrey Tautou Cécile de France Kelly Reilly |
| Music by |
Christophe Minck Kraked Unit |
| Cinematography | Natasha Braier |
| Edited by | Anne-Sophie Bion |
| Distributed by |
StudioCanal Universal Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language |
French English |
| Budget | €17,300,000[1] |
| Box office | $16,968,000[2] |
Chinese Puzzle (French: Casse-tête chinois) is a French comedy-drama film written and directed by Cédric Klapisch and released in 2013. It is the third chapter of the Spanish Apartment trilogy, after L'Auberge Espagnole (2002) and Les Poupées russes (Russian Dolls, 2005).
Synopsis
Xavier is now forty years old and divorced from Wendy. When she decides to move to New York with their two children, he wants to remain part of their lives and so moves to the city as well.
Cast
- Romain Duris as Xavier Rousseau
- Kelly Reilly as Wendy
- Audrey Tautou as Martine
- Cécile de France as Isabelle
- Sandrine Holt as Ju
- Flore Bonaventura as Isabelle de Groote, babysitter
- Jochen Hägele as the German philosopher Hegel
- Benoit Jacquot as Xavier's father
- Martine Demaret as Xavier
- Dominique Besnehard as the editor
- Zinedine Soualem as Mr. Boubaker
- Peter Hermann as John
- Jason Kravits as Xavier's lawyer in New York
- Vanessa Guide as the nurse
- Kyan Khojandi as Antoine Garceau
- Li Jun Li as Nancy
- Pablo Mugnier-Jacob as Tom
- Margot Mansart as Mia
- Adrian Martinez as Le patron coursier
Reception and awards
The film garnered favourable reviews. It scored a 75% 'certified fresh' rating on review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 61 reviews, with the consensus stating "Pleasantly easygoing and consistently funny, Chinese Puzzle offers a suitably endearing conclusion to Cédric Klapisch's Trilogy of Xavier." At Metacritic, it has a score of 64 which is based on 24 critics, indicating "Generally favorable reviews". The film was nominated for the Best Music award at the 39th César Awards,[3] and came second for the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 57th San Francisco International Film Festival.
References
- ↑ "Les 14 films français qui ont franchi le million d'entrées en 2013". Destination ciné.
- ↑ "Chinese Puzzle (2014)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
- ↑ "Berenice Bejo, Lea Seydoux, Roman Polanski Among France's Cesar Awards Nominees". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
External links
- Chinese Puzzle at the Internet Movie Database
- Chinese Puzzle at Box Office Mojo
- Chinese Puzzle at Rotten Tomatoes
- Chinese Puzzle at Metacritic
- Official US trailer (Cohen Media Group)
- Official US site (Cohen Media Group)