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Out of Season (2023 film)

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Out of Season
Theatrical release poster
FrenchHors-saison
Directed byStéphane Brizé
Written by
Produced bySidonie Dumas
Starring
CinematographyAntoine Heberlé
Edited byAnne Klotz[1]
Music byVincent Delerm[1]
Production
companies
Distributed byGaumont
Release dates
  • 8 September 2023 (2023-09-08) (Venice)
  • 20 March 2024 (2024-03-20) (France)
Running time
115 minutes[1]
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Out of Season (French: Hors-saison, pronounced [ɔʁ sɛ.zɔ̃]) is a 2023 French romantic drama film directed by Stéphane Brizé, from a screenplay written by Brizé and Marie Drucker.[2]

The film was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, where it premiered on 8 September 2023. It was released theatrically in France by Gaumont on 20 March 2024.

Plot

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Laurent, nearing fifty, is a well-known actor who lives in Paris. Alice is a forty-something piano teacher who lives in a small seaside town. They fell in love about fifteen years earlier, but then broke up. Time has passed, each of them went their separate ways, wounds have healed and anger has subsided. When Laurent tries to drown his sorrows in a Jacuzzi at a spa, he finds Alice by chance.[2]

Cast

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  • Guillaume Canet as Laurent
  • Alba Rohrwacher as Alice
  • Sharif Andoura as Xavier
  • Lucette Beudin as Lucette
  • Hugo Dillon as Coach
  • Johnny Rasse as Bird Singer #1
  • Jean Boucault as Bird Singer #2

Production

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Out of Season was produced by Sidonie Dumas for Gaumont, in co-production with France 3 Cinéma and Caneo Films.[2] Principal photography was scheduled to take place between 6 March and 21 April 2023, on location in Morbihan (Brittany).[3] Filming took place on the Quiberon peninsula, including in Portivy and Pointe du Percho (both located in Saint-Pierre-Quiberon).[4] Further filming took place in the Pays Vannetais,[4] including on the Rhuys Peninsula.[5] Antoine Heberlé served as the director of photography.[2]

Release

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Out of Season was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 80th Venice International Film Festival,[6] where it had its world premiere on 8 September 2023.[1]

The film was theatrically released in France by Gaumont on 20 March 2024.[7]

Reception

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Critical response

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 91% based on 11 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10.[8] Out of Season received an average rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars on the French website AlloCiné, based on 33 reviews.[9]

Accolades

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Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Venice Film Festival 9 September 2023 Golden Lion Stéphane Brizé Nominated [10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Hors-saison". La Biennale di Venezia. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d Lemercier, Fabien (2 March 2023). "Shooting now imminent on Stéphane Brizé's Hors saison". Cineuropa. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  3. ^ "CP_Tournage_HORS-SAISON_Draft.docx" (PDF). www.gaumontconnect.com (in French). Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b Le Bagousse, Véronique (25 March 2023). "À Saint-Pierre Quiberon, Stéphane Brizé tourne Hors saison avec Guillaume Canet et Alba Rohrwacher". Le Télégramme (in French). Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Quiberon. Tournage de Hors saison : "Cette aventure, c'est une suite de moments de bonheur"". Ouest-France (in French). 8 March 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  6. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (25 July 2023). "Venice Film Festival Lineup: Mann, Lanthimos, Fincher, DuVernay, Cooper, Besson, Coppola, Hamaguchi In Competition; Polanski, Allen, Anderson, Linklater Out Of Competition – Full List". Deadline. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Les line-ups distributeurs s'ajustent". Boxoffice Pro (in French). 21 July 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Out of Season". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Critiques Presse pour le film Hors-saison". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Venezia 80 Competition". La Biennale di Venezia. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
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