New Beginnings movie storyline. In love with Diane like the first day, Alain crosses fifty without crisis. Even the departure of the children, he took it well. Diane less… She begins this period with the feeling that she could die of boredom or anxiety. For Alain, who sees his relationship falter for the first time, it is time to ask the essential questions, and to take a major risk after 30 years of living together. Starring the formidable Karin Viard and Franck Dubosc, Nouveau Départ is a refreshing romantic comedy about love, double or double.
Nouveau Départ is a French romantic comedy directed by Philippe Lefebvre, released in 2023. It is a remake of the Argentinian film Retour deFlame by Juan Vera. The film is released in France on September 27, 2023 in 1.447 theaters, and has only 284,559 spectator entries. It achieved 30,983 entries for its first day. For its first week, it accumulated only 139,554 entries. It ends its theatrical career with 284,559 admissions; which is considered “very disappointing given the budget of the film (7.9 million euros).
Film Review for New Beginnings
New Beginnings is a comedy-drama about life as a couple after 30 years together. This film could also have been titled “Diane’s mid-life crisis”, who, at 53, no longer knows who she is and what she wants, both personally and professionally.
Diane (Karin Viard) is lost, she is bored, and no longer feels involved. She wants to have new experiences, which surprises Alain (Franck Dubosc), who is very happy with this new freedom without the children. He then decides to part ways with Diane, telling himself that she will come back soon…
There is a lot of tenderness and sincerity in this film, which we appreciate despite the awkwardness of a script which sometimes lacks originality and which also gives in to the heaviness of certain lines.
The strength of the feature film is the duo formed by Karin Viard and Franck Dubosc, who play a very complicit couple. It’s good to see Franck Dubosc in a more serious register. Some scenes are very funny, touching and full of truth about the couple, where, even after 30 years of living together, as Alain says, we can still vibrate for the other. “I am passionate about you and when you are not here, I miss you, and I vibrate,” he says. Karin Viard excels in the role of this journalist whose career has been put on the shelf, who tests solo life, dating sites and drunken evenings with younger people!
There is no boredom in this second film directed by Philippe Lefebvre (The Whistler), who is also an actor and screenwriter. He makes a film which does not reinvent the wheel, but it deals with a funny subject with a universal subject, such as the difficulties of a couple’s life over time.
New Beginnings (2023)
Nouveau Départ
Directed by: Philippe Lefebvre
Starring: Franck Dubosc, Karin Viard, Clotilde Courau, Youssef Hajdi, Tom Leeb, Clémentine Baert, Bérengère Krief, François Berléand, Arièle Semenoff, Philippe Lefebvre, Karina Marimon
Screenplay by: Philippe Lefebvre, Maria Pourchet
Production Design by: Johann George
Cinematography by: Axel Cosnefroy
Film Editing by: Joel Bochter
Costume Design by: Rebecca Renault
Set Decoration by: Philippe Kelly
Art Direction by: Sophie Couderc, Thomas Piffaut
Music by: Philippe Kelly
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: UGC Distribution (France)
Release Date: September 27, 2023
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