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Happenstance
Directed by
Laurent Firode
R
2000
90m
Comedy
,
Romance
,
and more
6.7
64%
74%
6.4
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How, thanks to what's known as the "Butterfly theory" (a random series of unlinked events), can a young woman and a young man meet ?
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Cast of Happenstance
Audrey Tautou
Irène
Faudel
Younès
Éric Savin
Richard
Nathalie Besançon
Marie
Lysiane Meis
Elsa
Irène Ismaïloff
Stéphanie
Éric Feldman
Luc
Frédéric Bouraly
Bobby
Marina Tomé
Julie
Saïd Serrari
Le pickpocket
Laurent Firode
Director / Writer
Pascal Judelewicz
Producer
Franck Landron
Executive Producer
Anne-Dominique Toussaint
Producer
Catherine Jarrier-Prieur
Production Design
Jean-René Duveau
Director Of Photography
Najat Kas
Costume Design
Corinne Marcon
Key Makeup Artist
Stéphanie Gouzier
Key Makeup Artist
Didier Ranz
Editor
Happenstance Ratings & Reviews
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
Discreet, delicate and humane: a sweet butterfly of a movie that beats up a cinematic windstorm of life.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
A mild but engaging romance, the charms of which come at you sideways.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
Each little action, as we see, causes something bigger to happen, resulting in not exactly a tidal wave, but a happy sense of cinematic pleasure.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
An utterly delightful fable of romantic destiny.
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
One look at Tautou's Irene and love has a face, if not a name.
Dallas Morning News
Gary Dowell
Occasionally alternates between inspired and facile, but balances its romantic notions with a touch of cynicism.
Boston Globe
Leighton Walter Kille
Overall the film is well crafted and pleasantly head-snapping.
The Hollywood Reporter
David Hunter
Not nearly as fun or profound as it might have been.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
It brims with the charm, wisdom and light touch that have endeared French films to international audiences for more than a century.
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Minor but winning French ensemble movie.
Observer
Andrew Sarris
Tatou ... gives a more interesting performance than she did in her overly bossy, fussy title role in Amlie.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
A celebration of the surprises that pop up like sidewalk blossoms through the gray surface of daily life, and it is also one of those surprises.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
The ensemble cast ... is personable and the Parisian ambiance is catching.
Citysearch
Bilge Ebiri
Much of Happenstance comes across as a cinematic parlor game. But what a fun game it is.
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson
Firode's characters are hardly far apart, and their arbitrary connections are seductive but trite.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
Firode's drones aren't so much victims to fate than they are passive believers in chance.
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