5x2
{{Short description|2004 French film by François Ozon}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = 5x2
| image = 5x2 movie.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = François Ozon
| producer = Olivier Delbosc
Marc Missonnier
| writer = François Ozon
Emmanuèle Bernheim
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on =
| starring = Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Stéphane Freiss
| music = Philippe Rombi
| cinematography = Yorick Le Saux
| editing = Monica Coleman
| studio = Fidélité Productions
France 2 Cinéma
FOZ
| distributor = Mars Distribution
| released = {{Film date|2004|9|1|France|2005|6|10|United States|df=y}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget = $5.3 million
| gross = $4.1 million{{Cite web|url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=1126|title=5x2 (2004) – JPBox-Office}}
}}
5x2 (also Cinq fois deux; {{langx|en|Five Times Two}}) is a 2004 French film directed by François Ozon, which uncovers the back story to the gradual disintegration of a middle class marriage by depicting five key moments in the relationship, but in reverse order.{{cite news|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/fridayreview/story/0,,1439807,00.html|title=5 x 2|last=Bradshaw|first=Peter|date=18 March 2005|work=The Guardian|access-date=15 October 2009}}
Plot
A young married couple, Gilles and Marion, are in a lawyer's office. The lawyer reads out the formal terms of their separation. Then, they book a hotel room together.{{cite news|url=http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/81640/5-x-2.html|title=5 × 2 Review|date=16 March 2005|publisher=Time Out|access-date=15 October 2009}} We then go back in time, with the second chapter showing a tense dinner party, at which Gilles appears to admit to infidelity. The third chapter shows their son's birth, which Gilles missed by several hours, leaving Marion in the hospital with only her parents. The fourth chapter shows their wedding day. The final chapter takes place at an Italian beach resort, where their relationship began.{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2005/06/10/movies/10five.html?_r=3|title=Movie Review – 5x2|last=Scott|first=AO|date=10 June 2005|work=The New York Times|access-date=15 October 2009}}
The individual chapters are all punctuated by romantic Italian love songs, which Ozon has said he chose for their "over-the-top sentimentality" and in order to offset the darkness of some of the scenes in the film.{{cite web|url=http://francois-ozon.com/en/interviews-5x2-five-times-two|title=Interviews about 5x2|publisher=Francois Ozon Official Site|access-date=15 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228082228/http://francois-ozon.com/en/interviews-5x2-five-times-two|archive-date=28 December 2016|url-status=dead}} Ozon has also said that the backward structure of the story was in part inspired by Jane Campion's 1986 film Two Friends, and that it allowed for "a true, lucid reading of a couple's story".
Cast
- Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as Marion
- Stéphane Freiss as Gilles
- Géraldine Pailhas as Valérie
- Françoise Fabian as Monique
- Michael Lonsdale as Bernard
- Antoine Chappey as Christophe Ferrond
- Marc Ruchmann as Mathieu
Production
Stéphane Freiss said the hotel rape sequence with Valeria Bruni Tedeschi was 'pretty hardcore', explaining that in the screenplay this scene was only a few lines long (it said 'they make love') and revealing that after filming François Ozon said to the actors he wasn't expecting them to give so much.{{cite web |title=5x2 Cinq fois deux |work=cinemien.nl |url=http://cinemien.nl/downloads/movie/10154/644_persmap.pdf |access-date=26 March 2022 }}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100818095607/http://www.francois-ozon.com/en/filmo-5x2-five-times-two 5x2 at Francois-Ozon.com]
- {{IMDb title|id=0354356|title=5x2}}
{{François Ozon}}
Category:2000s French-language films
Category:French nonlinear narrative films
Category:Films directed by François Ozon
Category:2004 romantic drama films
Category:French romantic drama films
Category:Films produced by Olivier Delbosc