Coup de chance
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWoody Allen
Written byWoody Allen
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyVittorio Storaro
Edited byAlisa Lepselter
Production
companies
  • Gravier Productions
  • Dippermouth
  • Perdido Productions
  • Petite Fleur Productions
Distributed byMetropolitan Filmexport
Release dates
  • September 4, 2023 (2023-09-04) (Venice)
  • September 27, 2023 (2023-09-27) (France)
Running time
93 minutes[1]
Countries
  • France
  • United Kingdom
LanguageFrench
Box office$7.2 million[2]

Coup de chance (lit. 'Stroke of Luck')[3] is a 2023 French comedy-drama thriller film written and directed by Woody Allen. It stars Lou de Laâge, Valérie Lemercier, Melvil Poupaud, and Niels Schneider. It premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on 4 September 2023.[1] It was released in France on September 27, 2023, by Metropolitan Filmexport.

Plot

Fanny and Jean have everything of the ideal couple: fulfilled in their professional life, they live in a magnificent apartment in the uptown of Paris and seem as in love as on the first day. But when Fanny meets, by chance, Alain, a former high school friend, the situation is reversed. They see each other again and become close very quickly. Alain, now a writer, makes no secret of the fact that he has always been in love with her. At the same time, during the social evenings of her husband, who, in his profession, "makes already rich people richer", the woman finds herself increasingly uncomfortable.

Fanny and Alain thus begin an intense extramarital affair, to the point that she seems determined to leave her husband. The latter, suspicious of some details, contacts private investigators to find out if his wife has a lover, and his fears are confirmed. So, he hires two trusted criminals to get rid of Alain. After his murder, Fanny, no longer finding her lover and finding his apartment empty, becomes convinced that Alain has abandoned her due to lack of courage. She gets closer to her husband, with whom she plans to have a child.

Camille, Fanny's mother, however, learns of an old colleague of Jean who was found dead in mysterious circumstances and, although the matter had been dismissed as a suicide, she is unable to convince herself of it. Even if her daughter doesn't believe her, Camille tries to introduce this suspicion into her, which Jean becomes aware of, deciding that a new victim is needed to protect himself from any problem. He then organizes an "accident" with one of the criminals during his usual hunting in the countryside.

While Camille and Jean went into the woods, Fanny had to return to Paris to bring some medicine to her mother. Having entered her ex-lover's apartment, she discovers a manuscript of his in a drawer, and understands that there is really something strange behind it, because Alain would never have left without the only copy of his still unfinished book. In the woods, now in an isolated place, Jean takes up his rifle and points it at Camille, but he is suddenly shot down by another hunter, who mistook him for an animal.

Cast

Production

In July 2022, Woody Allen announced he would be directing a French-language thriller film.[4] In September 2022, Valérie Lemercier, Niels Schneider, Lou de Laâge and Melvil Poupaud joined the cast of the film.[5] In February 2023, it was announced the film was titled Coup de chance.[6]

Principal photography began in October 2022, in Paris, France.[7][8]

Release

In April 2023, Metropolitan Filmexport acquired French distribution rights to the film.[9] The film premiered out of competition at the 80th Venice International Film Festival on 4 September 2023.[1][10] [11] Metropolitan Filmexport distributed the film on 27 September 2023.

Reception

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 84% based on 32 reviews, with an average rating of 7.0/10.[12] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 61 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[13] Coup de chance received an average rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars on the French website AlloCiné, based on 23 reviews.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Coup de chance". La Biennale di Venezia. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "Coup de chance (2023)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  3. ↑ Gleiberman, Owen (4 September 2023). "'Coup de Chance' Review: Woody Allen's Drama of Upper-Middle-Class Murder Is His Best Movie Since 'Blue Jasmine' (or Maybe 'Match Point')". Variety. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  4. ↑ Tartaglione, Nancy (July 4, 2022). "Details Emerge On Woody Allen's Next Project; French-Language Pic To Shoot In Paris This Fall". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  5. ↑ Keslassy, Elsa (September 21, 2022). "Woody Allen's New Paris-Set Film to Star Valerie Lemercier and Niels Schneider (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  6. ↑ Wiseman, Andreas (February 10, 2023). "Woody Allen's Latest Movie 'Coup de chance' Is Heading To Market With WestEnd Films — EFM". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Woody Allen starts shooting his first French language film". The Local. October 4, 2022. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Filming for Woody Allen's first-ever all-French film begins in Paris". The Connexion. October 5, 2022. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  9. ↑ Keslassy, Elsa (April 6, 2023). "Woody Allen's Film 'Coup de Chance' Finds French Distribution with Metropolitan FilmExport (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
  10. ↑ Tartaglione, Nancy (July 25, 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 July 25, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Woody Allen's 'Coup de Chance' Ignites Protests and Enthusiastic Standing Ovation at Venice Premiere". Variety.
  12. ↑ "Coup de Chance". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  13. ↑ "Coup de Chance". Metacritic. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  14. ↑ "Critiques Presse pour le film Coup de chance". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 4 January 2024.
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