2 Autumns, 3 Winters
{{Infobox film
| name = 2 Autumns, 3 Winters
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| director = Sébastien Betbeder
| producer = Frédéric Dubreuil
| writer = Sébastien Betbeder
| starring = Vincent Macaigne
Maud Wyler
Bastien Bouillon
Audrey Bastien
Pauline Étienne
| music = Bertrand Betsch
| cinematography = Sylvain Verdet
| editing = Julie Dupré
| studio = Envie de Tempête Productions
Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)
Arte
| distributor = UFO Distribution (France)
Film Movement (US)
| released = {{film date|2013|5|18|Cannes Film Festival|2013|10|10|HIFF|2013|12|25|France|df=yes}}
| runtime = 91 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget = $400.000
| gross = $350.000{{Cite web|url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=14003|title = 2 automnes 3 hivers (2 Autumns, 3 Winters) (2013) - JPBox-Office}}
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2 Autumns, 3 Winters ({{langx|fr|2 automnes 3 hivers}}) is a 2013 French film written and directed by Sébastien Betbeder.
Plot
The 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
- Vincent Macaigne as Arman
- Maud Wyler as Amélie
- Bastien Bouillon as Benjamin
- Audrey Bastien as Katia
- Thomas Blanchard as Jan
- Pauline Etienne as Lucie
- {{Interlanguage link|Jean-Quentin Châtelain|fr|Jean-Quentin Châtelain}} as Arman's father
- {{Interlanguage link|Olivier Chantreau|fr|Olivier Chantreau}} as Guillaume
- {{Interlanguage link|Eriko Takeda|fr|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
- {{ill|Zacharie Chasseriaud|fr|}} as the skater
- Jérôme Thibault as the doctor
Release
The film had theatrical showings in North America as part of the Rendez-vous with French Cinema series 2014 program.{{cite web|title=Program 2014 |url=http://rendezvouswithfrenchcinema.com/program-2013/ |publisher=Rendez-vous with French Cinema |accessdate=3 April 2014 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403060254/http://rendezvouswithfrenchcinema.com/program-2013/ |archivedate=3 April 2014 }}
Critical response
Jordan 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".{{cite news|last=Mintzer|first=Jordan|title=2 Autumns, 3 Winters: Film Review|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/2-autumns-3-winters-film-562504|accessdate=4 April 2014|newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter|date=4 June 2013}}
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."{{cite news|last= Scheib|first=Ronnie|title=Film Review: '2 Autumns, 3 Winters'|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-2-autumns-3-winters-1201149207/|accessdate=2 April 2014|newspaper=Variety|date=27 March 2014}}
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."{{cite news|last=Russell|first=Mike|title='2 Autumns, 3 Winters' explores Parisian romance, trauma: Portland International Film Festival review|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2014/02/2_autumns_3_winters_review_por.html|accessdate=5 April 2014|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=12 February 2014}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|2871116}}
- {{rotten-tomatoes|2_autumns_3_winters}}
- [http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=220994.html?nopub=1 2 Autumns, 3 Winters] at Allocine
- {{YouTube|SZtDcCAyLwU|2 Autumns, 3 Winters trailer}} (with English subtitles)
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Category:2013 romantic comedy films
Category:French romantic comedy films
Category:2010s French-language films