Out of Season (2023 film)

French film by Stéphane Brizé

Out of Season

Theatrical release poster

French| Hors-saison
Directed by| Stéphane Brizé
Written by|

* Stéphane Brizé
* Marie Drucker

Produced by| Sidonie Dumas
Starring|

* Guillaume Canet
* Alba Rohrwacher

Cinematography| Antoine Heberlé
Edited by| Anne Klotz[1]
Music by| Vincent Delerm[1]

Production
companies

* Gaumont
* France 3 Cinéma
* Caneo Films

Distributed by| Gaumont

Release dates

* 8 September 2023 (2023-09-08) (Venice)
* 20 March 2024 (2024-03-20) (France)

Running time

| 115 minutes[1]
Country| France
Language| French

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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Mathieu, 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. When Mathieu takes a holiday in the small resort town that Alice now lives in, they reconnect.

## Cast

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* Guillaume Canet as Mathieu
* Alba Rohrwacher as Alice
* Sharif Andoura as Xavier
* Marie Drucker as Mathieu's wife
* Lucette Beudin as Lucette
* Emmy Boissard Paumelle as Emmy
* 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 93% based on 14 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.

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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 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 4 May 2025.
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.

## External links

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* Out of Season at IMDb

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Films directed by Stéphane Brizé

* Le Bleu des villes (1999)
* Not Here to Be Loved (2005)
* Entre adultes (2006)
* Mademoiselle Chambon (2009)
* A Few Hours of Spring (2012)
* The Measure of a Man (2015)
* A Woman's Life (2016)
* At War (2018)
* Another World (2021)
* Out of Season (2023)

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