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5x2
- Director: François Ozon
- Writer: François Ozon; Emmanuèle Bernheim
- Producer: Olivier Delbosc; Philippe Dugay
CGiii Comment
Divorce in reverse - and, it's not all that it seems.
A character study that manages to shift sympathies - clever to say the least.
The performances are understated intensity - it's not comfortable viewing...but, it is rather hypnotic...and very clever.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
The end and beginning of the love of the French couple Marion and Gilles is disclosed backwards through five moments in their lives: 1st moment: They divorce and have one last brutal intercourse without love. 2nd moment: With their relationship shaken, they have a dinner party with Gilles's gay brother Christophe and his younger mate, when an infidelity is disclosed at the dinner table. 3rd moment: The troubled pregnancy of Marion and the delivery of their premature son Nicolas, with the total absence of Gilles. 4th moment: Their wedding, when Marion commits adultery with an unknown guest of the hotel. 5th moment: When they meet each other in an Italian resort and begin their relationship.
Cast & Characters
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as Marion;
Stephane Freiss as Gilles;
Francoise Fabian as Monique;
Michael Lonsdale as Bernard;
Geraldine Pailhas as Valerie;
Antoine Chappey as Christophe;
Marc Ruchmann as Mathieu;
Jason Tavassoli as L'Americain;
Jean-Pol Brissart as Le Juge;
Eliane Kherris as L'avocate;
Yannis Belkacem as Nicolas;
Sylvie Debrun as L'echographiste;
Jean Neisser as Le Maire;
Ninon Bretecher as Sophie;
Marie-Madeleine Fouquet as La mere de Gilles