Two young people's bond leads to marital infidelity and ultimately crime.Two young people's bond leads to marital infidelity and ultimately crime.Two young people's bond leads to marital infidelity and ultimately crime.
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- TriviaSpeaking to the actor Alec Baldwin over Instagram Live in June 2022, Allen suggested that his 50th film - previously said to be a drama similar to Match Point (2005) - was likely to be his last.
- GoofsThe shot from inside the plane is very well-lit, even though it's night outside and the lights inside a plane cockpit are supposed to be fairly dim.
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Alain Aubert: We'd like to be able to control everything but in reality we have very little control.
- ConnectionsReferences The Deer Hunter (1978)
- SoundtracksFortune's Child
Written and performeb by Nat Adderley
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Money, Adultery, and Murder
With COUP DE CHANCE Woody Allen is reborn as a French filmmaker, with a film made in France and in French with an excellent French cast. The story concerns Fanny, a charming and intelligent young woman who works for an expensive art auction house. She has recently entered her second marriage after an unsuccessful first one. Her new husband, who is filthy rich, adores her. (She is his "trophy wife.") And she loves him. BUT, she finds his social milieu of shallow rich people boring. Then one day, quite by chance, she meets an old high school acquaintance on the street. He confesses that he always had a crush on her and they have lunch together. He has become a writer and has lived in several interesting places. They begin an affair, which she hopes is a temporary fling. But it is not. And she does not want to leave her husband. Her husband begins to suspect something and hires a private detective to find out (in a scene reminiscent of JULIET OF THE SPIRITS). It also turns out that her rich, handsome, and charming husband is the subject of some unpleasant rumors about his former business partner's mysterious disappearance. And that is the situation. I want to avoid spoilers, but there are complications and unexpected events, not to mention a healthy dose of karmic irony. I haven't seen all of Allen's movies, but I'm sure I've seen at least 80% of them. There are vestiges here that are reminiscent of CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS, MATCH POINT, and BULLETS OVER BROADWAY. Overall, I say this an intelligent and suspenseful movie that I would rate in the upper 10% of Allen's oeuvre. I was unfamiliar with the French actors; I haven't followed French cinema in at least 10 years. These people may be big stars in France, but I did not know any of them. I suspect, however, that we will be hearing more from Lou de Laage, who plays Fanny and Niels Schneider, who plays the man from her high school days. I enjoyed this film enormously, and would recommend it to thinking people. This is not a comedy or an action film. Look elsewhere if that's what you want.
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- Apr 28, 2024
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- $7,644,859
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
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- 2.00 : 1
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