Love at First Fight () is a 2014 French romantic comedy film directed by Thomas Cailley. It was screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize in the Parallel Section. In January 2015, the film received nine nominations at the 40th César Awards, winning Best Actress, Most Promising Actor and Best First Feature Film.
Cast Adèle Haenel as Madeleine Kévin Azaïs as Arnaud Labrède Antoine Laurent as Manu Labrède Brigitte Roüan as Hélène Labrède William Lebghil as Xavier Thibault Berducat as Victor Nicolas Wanczycki as Lieutenant Schliefer Steve Tientcheu as Adjudant Ruiz
Production Filming locations included Mimizan, Lit-et-Mixe, Biscarrosse, Pau, Pissos, Lacanau, Maubuisson (Carcans), Langon, Pessac and Bizanos. Filming also took place at the of the 1st Parachute Hussar Regiment, which straddles two departments, Hautes-Pyrénées and Pyrénées-Atlantiques.
Accolades
Award / Film FestivalCategoryRecipients and nomineesResultCabourg Film FestivalMale RevelationKévin Azaïs 2014 Cairo International Film FestivalBest ActressAdèle Haenel 2014 Cannes Film FestivalFIPRESCI Prize (Directors' Fortnight)Thomas Cailley Art Cinema AwardThomas Cailley SACD Prize (Directors' Fortnight)Thomas Cailley Europa Cinemas Label AwardThomas Cailley Caméra d'Or Thomas Cailley 40th César AwardsBest FilmLove at First Fight Best DirectorThomas Cailley Best ActressAdèle Haenel Most Promising ActorKévin Azaïs Best Original ScreenplayThomas Cailley and Claude Le Pape Best First Feature FilmLove at First Fight Best EditingLilian Corbeille Best SoundJean-Luc Audy, Guillaume Bouchateau and Niels Barletta Best Music Written for a FilmLionel Flairs, Benoît Rault and Philippe Deshaies Globes de Cristal AwardBest FilmLove at First Fight Best ActressAdèle Haenel 2014 Louis Delluc PrizeBest First FilmThomas Cailley 20th Lumière AwardsBest ActressAdèle Haenel Best Male RevelationKévin Azaïs Best First FilmLove at First Fight Prix du Syndicat Français de la Critique de CinémaBest First FilmLove at First Fight
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