Out of Season (2023 film)

Out of Season
Theatrical release poster
FrenchHors-saison
Directed byStéphane Brizé
Written by
Produced bySidonie Dumas
Starring
CinematographyAntoine Heberlé
Edited byAnne Klotz[1]
Music byVincent Delerm[1]
Production
companies
Distributed byGaumont
Release dates
  • 8 September 2023 (2023-09-08) (Venice)
  • 20 March 2024 (2024-03-20) (France)
Running time
115 minutes[1]
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Out of Season (French: Hors-saison, pronounced [ɔʁ sɛ.zɔ̃]) is a 2023 French romantic drama film directed by Stéphane Brizé, from a screenplay written by Brizé and Marie Drucker.[2]

The film was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, where it premiered on 8 September 2023. It was released theatrically in France by Gaumont on 20 March 2024.

Plot

Mathieu, nearing fifty, is a well-known actor who lives in Paris. Alice is a forty-something piano teacher who lives in a small seaside town. They fell in love about fifteen years earlier, but then broke up. Time has passed, each of them went their separate ways. When Mathieu takes a holiday in the small resort town that Alice now lives in, they reconnect.

Cast

  • Guillaume Canet as Mathieu
  • Alba Rohrwacher as Alice
  • Sharif Andoura as Xavier
  • Marie Drucker as Mathieu's wife
  • Lucette Beudin as Lucette
  • Emmy Boissard Paumelle as Emmy
  • Hugo Dillon as Coach
  • Johnny Rasse as Bird Singer #1
  • Jean Boucault as Bird Singer #2

Production

Out of Season was produced by Sidonie Dumas for Gaumont, in co-production with France 3 Cinéma and Caneo Films.[2] Principal photography was scheduled to take place between 6 March and 21 April 2023, on location in Morbihan (Brittany).[3] Filming took place on the Quiberon peninsula, including in Portivy and Pointe du Percho (both located in Saint-Pierre-Quiberon).[4] Further filming took place in the Pays Vannetais,[4] including on the Rhuys Peninsula.[5] Antoine Heberlé served as the director of photography.[2]

Release

Out of Season was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 80th Venice International Film Festival,[6] where it had its world premiere on 8 September 2023.[1]

The film was theatrically released in France by Gaumont on 20 March 2024.[7]

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 91% based on 11 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10.[8] Out of Season received an average rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars on the French website AlloCiné, based on 33 reviews.[9]

Accolades

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Venice Film Festival 9 September 2023 Golden Lion Stéphane Brizé Nominated [10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Hors-saison". La Biennale di Venezia. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Lemercier, Fabien (2 March 2023). "Shooting now imminent on Stéphane Brizé's Hors saison". Cineuropa. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  3. ^ "CP_Tournage_HORS-SAISON_Draft.docx" (PDF). www.gaumontconnect.com (in French). Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b Le Bagousse, Véronique (25 March 2023). "À Saint-Pierre Quiberon, Stéphane Brizé tourne Hors saison avec Guillaume Canet et Alba Rohrwacher". Le Télégramme (in French). Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Quiberon. Tournage de Hors saison : "Cette aventure, c'est une suite de moments de bonheur"". Ouest-France (in French). 8 March 2023. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
  6. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (25 July 2023). "Venice Film Festival Lineup: Mann, Lanthimos, Fincher, DuVernay, Cooper, Besson, Coppola, Hamaguchi In Competition; Polanski, Allen, Anderson, Linklater Out Of Competition – Full List". Deadline. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Les line-ups distributeurs s'ajustent". Boxoffice Pro (in French). 21 July 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Out of Season". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Critiques Presse pour le film Hors-saison". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Venezia 80 Competition". La Biennale di Venezia. Retrieved 12 August 2023.