Chinese Puzzle

Casse-tête chinois

Official poster
Directed by Cédric Klapisch
Produced by Bruno Levy
Buzz Koenig
Written by Cédric Klapisch
Starring Romain Duris
Audrey Tautou
Cécile de France
Kelly Reilly
Music by Christophe Minck
Kraked Unit
Cinematography Natasha Braier
Edited by Anne-Sophie Bion
Distributed by StudioCanal
Universal Pictures
Release dates
  • 16 October 2013 (2013-10-16)
Running time
117 minutes
Country France
Language French
English
Budget €17,300,000[1]
Box office $16,968,000[2]

Chinese Puzzle (French: Casse-tête chinois) is a French comedy-drama film written and directed by Cédric Klapisch and released in 2013. It is the third chapter of the Spanish Apartment trilogy, after L'Auberge Espagnole (2002) and Les Poupées russes (Russian Dolls, 2005).

Synopsis

Xavier is now forty years old and divorced from Wendy. When she decides to move to New York with their two children, he wants to remain part of their lives and so moves to the city as well.

Cast

Reception and awards

The film garnered favourable reviews. It scored a 75% 'certified fresh' rating on review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 61 reviews, with the consensus stating "Pleasantly easygoing and consistently funny, Chinese Puzzle offers a suitably endearing conclusion to Cédric Klapisch's Trilogy of Xavier." At Metacritic, it has a score of 64 which is based on 24 critics, indicating "Generally favorable reviews". The film was nominated for the Best Music award at the 39th César Awards,[3] and came second for the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 57th San Francisco International Film Festival.

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