Encore
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The mid-life crisis of a middle-aged, depressive college professor/author provides the center of this French character study. Abel Vichac has really let himself go. Though a successful writer, and supposedly working on a book about 'regret,' he is barely functioning. He can't sleep at night. During the day he is easily distracted, irresponsible and moody. He also ignores his patient live-in lover Aliette who has stuck by him for 10 years. As he mopes through another day, he gets into several awkward occasions. One of his students, Florence tells him off in a café. A young woman, Catherine hears this and afterward introduces herself as a fan. Later he decides to find her address and visit her apartment. There Abel meets Catherine's roommate Aurore and the former's jealous boyfriend Bruno for a tense scene. He is returning home when Abel encounters his brother's former lover Olga and this creates more awkwardness.
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Cast
10 people
Jackie Berroyer
Abel Vichac
Known for
Bye Bye Morons
Calvaire
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Aliette
Known for
Human Capital
Like Crazy
Natacha Régnier
Catherine
Known for
Marseille
Criminal Lovers
Hélène Fillières
Aurore
Known for
Ares
Lady Chatterley
Laurence Côte
Florence
Known for
Just the Two of Us
Simone: Woman of the Century
Michel Massé
Thomas
Also in
A Full Day's Work
Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
Bruno
Known for
Spiral
Néro the Assassin
Éva Ionesco
Olga
Known for
Twice Upon a Time
Playing with Love
Lou Castel
Metro salesman
Known for
Fists in the Pocket
Beware of a Holy Whore
Pascal Bonitzer
Bergère
Known for
Nothing About Robert
Pascal Bonitzer Director
Worldwide gross $1.9M · Budget $1.7M · First release September 25, 1996
Box office
Budget
$1,700,000
Worldwide gross
$1,900,000
Gross vs. budget
1.1×
Production
Paris New York Production
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · September 25, 1996
Theatrical · Source: IMDb
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
June 26, 1997 · Theatrical
Greece
November 1, 1996 · Theatrical
Japan
October 2, 1996 · Premiere · Tokyo International Film Festival: Young Cinema Competition
Singapore
October 11, 1998 · Premiere · European Union Film Festival
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