Love at First Fight (film)
| Love at First Fight | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Thomas Cailley |
| Written by | Thomas Cailley Claude Le Pape |
| Produced by | Pierre Guyard |
| Starring | Adèle Haenel Kévin Azaïs |
| Cinematography | David Cailley |
| Edited by | Lilian Corbeille |
| Music by | Lionel Flairs Benoît Rault Philippe Deshaies |
| Distributed by | Haut et Court |
Release dates |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $3 million[1] |
| Box office | $2.3 million[2] |
Love at First Fight (French: Les Combattants) is a 2014 French romantic comedy film directed by Thomas Cailley. It was screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival,[3] where it won the FIPRESCI Prize in the Parallel Section.[4] In January 2015, the film received nine nominations at the 40th César Awards, winning Best Actress, Most Promising Actor and Best First Feature Film.[5][6]
Cast
- Adèle Haenel as Madeleine
- Kévin Azaïs as Arnaud Labrède
- Antoine Laurent as Manu Labrède
- Brigitte Roüan as Hélène Labrède
- William Lebghil as Xavier
- Thibault Berducat as Victor
- Nicolas Wanczycki as Lieutenant Schliefer
- Steve Tientcheu as Adjudant Ruiz
Production
Filming locations included Mimizan, Lit-et-Mixe, Biscarrosse, Pau, Pissos, Lacanau, Maubuisson (Carcans), Langon,[7] Pessac[8] and Bizanos.[9] Filming also took place at the Camp de Ger of the 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment, which straddles two departments, Hautes-Pyrénées and Pyrénées-Atlantiques.[10]
Accolades
| Award / Film Festival | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabourg Film Festival | Male Revelation | Kévin Azaïs | Won |
| 2014 Cairo International Film Festival[11] | Best Actress | Adèle Haenel | Won |
| 2014 Cannes Film Festival[4][12] | FIPRESCI Prize (Directors' Fortnight) | Thomas Cailley | Won |
| Art Cinema Award | Thomas Cailley | Won | |
| SACD Prize (Directors' Fortnight) | Thomas Cailley | Won | |
| Europa Cinemas Label Award | Thomas Cailley | Won | |
| Caméra d'Or | Thomas Cailley | Nominated | |
| 40th César Awards[5] | Best Film | Love at First Fight | Nominated |
| Best Director | Thomas Cailley | Nominated | |
| Best Actress | Adèle Haenel | Won | |
| Most Promising Actor | Kévin Azaïs | Won | |
| Best Original Screenplay | Thomas Cailley and Claude Le Pape | Nominated | |
| Best First Feature Film | Love at First Fight | Won | |
| Best Editing | Lilian Corbeille | Nominated | |
| Best Sound | Jean-Luc Audy, Guillaume Bouchateau and Niels Barletta | Nominated | |
| Best Music Written for a Film | Lionel Flairs, Benoît Rault and Philippe Deshaies | Nominated | |
| Globes de Cristal Award | Best Film | Love at First Fight | Nominated |
| Best Actress | Adèle Haenel | Nominated | |
| 2014 Louis Delluc Prize[13] | Best First Film | Thomas Cailley | Won |
| 20th Lumière Awards[14] | Best Actress | Adèle Haenel | Nominated |
| Best Male Revelation | Kévin Azaïs | Won | |
| Best First Film | Love at First Fight | Won | |
| Prix du Syndicat Français de la Critique de Cinéma[15] | Best First Film | Love at First Fight | Won |
References
- ↑ "Love at First Fight". JP Box Office. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ↑ "Les Combattants (Love At First Sight) (2014)- JPBox-Office". Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- ↑ "Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2014 lineup unveiled". Screendaily. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- 1 2 "Festival Reports - Cannes Film Festival 2014". FIPRESCI. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
- 1 2 "César 2015 : les nominations". AlloCiné. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "Cesar Awards: 'Timbktu' Sweeps, Kristen Stewart Makes History". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
- ↑ "Cinéma : "Les Combattants", tourné en Gironde et dans les Landes, nommé aux César". Sud Ouest (in French). 19 February 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ Dallay, Willy (16 July 2014). "Unipop combative". Sud Ouest (in French). Retrieved 2 August 2026.
Tout est à portée : le tournage dans les Landes, en Béarn, en Gironde, y compris à Pessac, dont on reconnaît la Clinique mutualiste et le campus en arrière-plan
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes 2023 : « Le Règne animal », film d'ouverture d'Un certain regard a été réalisé par le Gradignanais Thomas Cailley". Sud Ouest (in French). 14 May 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ "Communiqué. 1er RHP : silence, ça tourne !". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ "Melbourne wins best picture in Cairo". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ↑ "Cannes: Directors' Fortnight 2014 Winners List". Deadline London. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
- ↑ "'Sils Maria' Wins France's Louis Delluc Critics' Prize". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ↑ "France's Lumiere Awards Nominations Unveiled". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ↑ "PRIX DU SYNDICAT FRANÇAIS DE LA CRITIQUE 2014". Prix du Syndicat Français de la Critique. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
External links
Categories:
- 2014 films
- 2014 romantic comedy films
- 2014 directorial debut films
- 2014 French-language films
- French romantic comedy films
- Louis Delluc Prize winners
- Films featuring a Best Actress César Award–winning performance
- Best First Feature Film César Award winners
- 2014 French films
- Films featuring a Most Promising Actor César Award–winning performance
- Films featuring a Most Promising Actor Lumières Award–winning performance
- Best First Film Lumière Award winners
- Films shot in Landes (department)
- Films shot in Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- Films shot in Gironde
- Films shot in Hautes-Pyrénées
