One Stays, The Other Leaves
Synopsis
Two long-standing friends, Daniel and Alain, in their fifties and both married for fifteen years, fall in love.
Daniel meets Judith when the son that he had by his first wife, Marie, is left tetraplegic after a motorbike accident. Alain encounters Farida, a young woman from Senegal, who he employs to work in his African art store.
Daniel finally leaves his wife, Isabelle, despite the problem that this separation causes for their thirteen-year-old son. Whereas Alain renounces his love for the beautiful Farida and decides to stay with his wife, Fanny, despite the desperate efforts and destructive behavior of his sister-in-law who tries to drive them apart.
Through the male characters, the film expresses the hesitation, doubts and illusions that love, passion and guilt provoke when they occur at a time when life has already carved out its path.
One will leave, the other will stay.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (25)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Hirsch
- Co-productions : Pathé Production, TF1 Films Production
- Film exports/foreign sales : Pathé Films
- French distribution : Pathé Films
- News agency (France) : Moteur !
Full credits (22)
- Screenwriter : Claude Berri
- Director of Photography : Éric Gautier
- Music Composer : Frédéric Botton
- Assistant directors : Thierry Mauvoisin, Laurent Bertoni, Ludovic Giraud
- Editor : François Gédigier
- Sound Recordist : Christian Monheim
- Costume designer : Jacqueline Bouchard
- Producer : Claude Berri
- Associate producer : Nathalie Rheims
- Line Producer : Pierre Grunstein
- Sound Assistant : Dimitry Haulet
- Assistant Operators : Néwine Behi, Malek Brahimi
- Production manager : Nicole Firn
- Press Attaché (film) : Dominique Segall
- Sound editor : Nadine Muse
- Assistant editors : Clara Bouffartigue, Yannick Coutheron, Béatrice Herminie
- Continuity supervisor : Hélène Sebillotte
- Production Designer : Thanh At Hoang
- Artistic Director : Laurent Ott
- Sound Mixer : Gérard Lamps
- Still Photographer : Étienne George
- Unit Production Manager : Aimeric Bonello
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Relationships, Love
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2004
- French release : 12/01/2005
- Runtime : 1 h 49 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 110.066
- Visa issue date : 22/12/2004
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Dolby
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