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Olivier Assayas | France | 2018 | color | DCP | 106′ | French | e.s.
In the Parisian publishing milieu, an editor and his author friend deal with midlife crises, wives, an industry threatened by social networks, and their own egos. Olivier Assayas (Personal Shopper, IFFR 2017) delivers his personal brand of screwball comedy, with sharp dialogues dissecting our modern age.
Typically French, the well-heeled intellectuals in Doubles vies: if they’re not talking one another’s ears off, they’re jumping into bed together. Olivier Assayas has no trouble at all making a fresh, funny film from such material. His characters may come over as pompous – and at times insufferable – but this comedy drama is anything but.
Publisher Alain (Guillaume Canet) and his wife Selena (Juliette Binoche) are doing their best to adapt to modern life. He is forced to cooperate in the digitization of the publishing sector, while she – once a stage actress – is acting in a long-running police series on television. With their friends, who include author Léonard (Vincent Macaigne), they discuss the changes taking place in their working lives. But is everything not just staying the same, really? Assayas seems increasingly critical of his protagonists; they are far too wrapped up in themselves to see where they should be heading.
Place: The Cinemas 5
Date: 13 April 2019
Time: 18:45
Duration: 1:25
Place: The Cinemas 5
Date: 14 April 2019
Time: 13:00
Duration: 1:25
Year in
Festival
2019
Director
Olivier Assayas
Camera
Yorick Le Saux
Cast
Guillaume Canet
Juliette Binoche
Vincent Macaigne
Nora Hamzawi
Christa Théret
Pascal Greggory
Country
France
Editor
Simon Jacquet
Language
Length
106′
Producer
Charles Gillibert
Production Company
CG Cinema
Production Design
Sales
Playtime
Scenario
Olivier Assayas
Sound Design
Nicolas Cantin
Daniel Sobrino
Aude Baudassé
Year of Production
2018