Love at First Fight
Original Title
Les Combattants aka: Fighters- Director: Thomas Cailley
- Writer: Thomas Cailley; Claude Le Pape
- Producer: Philippe Boeffard; Pierre Guyard
CGiii Comment
What a shame...a film that falls apart in the final third.
The first hour is a well-observed, dry little comedy...with just about enough lesbian subtext to keep you interested.
However, all that good is thrown to the wind...in what can only be decribed as a desperate 30 minutes...where ideas and sensibilities quickly vanish.
Shame.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Between his friends and the family business, Arnaud's summer looks set to be a peaceful one. Peaceful until he runs into Madeleine, as beautiful as she is brusque, a concrete block of tensed muscles and doomsday prophecies. He expects nothing; she prepares for the worst. He takes things as they come, likes a good laugh. She fights, runs, swims, pushes herself to the limit. Given she hasn't asked him for anything, just how far will he go along with her? It's a love story. Or a story of survival. Or both.
Cast & Characters
Adèle Haenel as Madeleine Beaulieu
Kévin Azaïs as Arnaud
Antoine Laurent as Manu Labrède
Brigitte Roüan as Hélène Labrède
William Lebghil as Xavier
Thibaut Berducat as Victor
Nicolas Wanczycki as Lieutenant Schlieffer
Frédéric Pellegeay as Le recruteur
Steve Tientcheu as Adjudant Ruiz
Franc Bruneau as Le conseiller funéraire
Maxime Mège as Adrien
Clément Allemand as Jordan
Barbara Ayse as Laurie
Coumba Seck as Aminata
Islam Magomadov as Stagiaire PM