Directed by:
Laurent FirodeCinematography:
Jean-René DuveauCast:
Audrey Tautou, Eric Savin, Saïd Serrari, Marina Tomé, Laurent Firode, Martin Rit, Olivier Azam, Françoise Bertin, Husky Kihal, Édith Le Merdy, Irène Ismaïloff (more)Plots(1)
The story unfolds during a single day at whose end a young man finally meets a young girl, now under the appropriate circumstances which might change their lives. This encounter would not have occurred had it not been for a broken coffee-maker, a child’s bad dream, a piece of chocolate, a photograph soiled by a pigeon, a little white stone, money discovered in an empty milk carton, a yellow jacket thrown out on the street… A French proverb states that even a single flutter of a butterfly’s wing over the Atlantic can cause a storm over the Pacific. The film’s director adds: “Don’t hesitate sometimes to take a chance action or to do something silly because this random act or stupidity might change the order of the world.“ This film which shows that the most inconspicuous gesture could influence our fate, is created as a mosaic with a light and humorous touch and rightly deserves the award for Best Film it took away from International Festival of French-Speaking Films in Namur. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Audrey Tautou
France
Best movies:
Amelie (2001)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Eric Savin
France
Best movies:
My Way (2012)
The Ideal Palace (2018)
Happenstance (2000)
Saïd Serrari
Best movies:
Two Brothers (2004)
Happenstance (2000)
Samurai (2002)
Marina Tomé
France
Best movies:
A Common Thread (2004)
Le Péril jeune (1994)
Happenstance (2000)
Laurent Firode
Best movies:
Happenstance (2000)
Martin Rit
Best movies:
Happenstance (2000)
Olivier Azam
Best movies:
Happenstance (2000)
Françoise Bertin
France
Best movies:
Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
Same Old Song (1997)
Husky Kihal
France
Best movies:
The Names of Love (2010)
Happenstance (2000)
Zaïde, un petit air de vengeance (2001) (TV movie)
Édith Le Merdy
Best movies:
La Vie en rose (2007)
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman (2002)
Happenstance (2000)
Irène Ismaïloff
Best movies:
Happenstance (2000)
Paris Follies (2014)
Ghost River (2002)
Antoine Coesens
Best movies:
Le Temps des amours (2007) (TV movie)
Happenstance (2000)
The Time of Secrets (2022)
Frédéric Bouraly
Best movies:
Happenstance (2000)
The Escape of Louis XVI (2008)
Folle d'elle (1998)
François Chattot
Best movies:
Voleur de vie (1998)
13th District (2004)
Journey To Greenland (2016)
Félicité Wouassi
Cameroon
Best movies:
Hate (1995)
Happenstance (2000)
Série noire (1984) (series)
Vincent Martin
Best movies:
So Long, Stooge (1983)
Lady of Izieu (2007) (TV movie)
Long Live Life (1984)
Sylvie Herbert
Best movies:
Ridiculous (1996)
Happenstance (2000)
Monsieur Batignole (2002)
Lysiane Meis
Best movies:
Happenstance (2000)
Nicolas Le Floch (2008) (series)
Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie (2009) (series)
Louison Roblin
France
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Il n'y a pas de fumée sans feu (1973)
Cavalrymen (1955)
Charlotte Maury-Sentier
Best movies:
L'Enfant des loups (1991) (TV movie)
The ComDads (1983)
Life and Nothing But (1989)