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Coup de chance (2023)

Coup de chance poster
Directed by
Woody Allen
Genre
comedy drama, romance film, thriller film, comedy thriller
Country
United Kingdom, France
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 447 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman in Paris reconnects with an old high school friend who admits he has always had a crush on her. They start meeting for lunch in secret from her wealthy and controlling husband, which slowly leads toward an affair.

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What happens

Coup de Chance (lit. 'Stroke of Luck') is a 2023 French-language comedy drama thriller film written and directed by Woody Allen, in his French-language debut. Starring Lou de Laâge, Valérie Lemercier, Melvil Poupaud and Niels Schneider, it follows a young woman bumping into an old high school friend who confesses that he has always had a crush on her; their subsequent lunch meetings, in secret from her possessive businessman husband, lead slowly to a beginning of an affair. The film had its world premiere out of competition at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on 4 September 2023, it received positive reviews from critics. It was theatrically released in France on 27 September 2023 by Metropolitan Filmexport. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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