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A PERFECT COUPLE

by Nobuhiro Suwa

synopsis

After several years spent abroad, Nicolas and Marie return to France to attend the wedding of an old friend. Although the couple are in crisis – they are on the verge of divorce – they still go the ceremony together. Upon arrival, they immediately announce their separation, to the embarassment of their social circle, which pales in comparison to that felt by Marie and Nicolas when they are together. With their social lives so closely bound up with their life as a couple, this proximity relates back to the limitations of their relationship, but also to the desire they still feel for one another. Paradoxically, their decision to separate and the physical distance they have established between themselves enables each of them to see themselves more clearly, and to see one another afresh.

international title: A Perfect Couple
original title: Un couple parfait
country: France, Japan
sales agent: Wide Management
year: 2005
genre: fiction
directed by: Nobuhiro Suwa
film run: 104'
release date: FR 08/02/2006
screenplay: Nobuhiro Suwa
cast: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Jacques Doillon, Nathalie Boutefeu, Bruno Todeschini, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Alex Descas, Marc Citti, Delphine Chuillot
cinematography by: Caroline Champetier
film editing: Dominique Auvray, Hisako Suwa
costumes designer: Élisabeth Méhu
music: Haruyuki Suzuki
producer: Masa Sawada
production: Comme des Cinémas, Bitters End (JP)
distributor: CTV International

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