Late August, Early September (1999)

Name: Late August, Early September
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1999-02-10
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Virginie Ledoyen, François Cluzet, Jeanne Balibar, Alex Descas

Late August, Early September (1999), directed by Olivier Assayas, starring Mathieu Amalric and Virginie Ledoyen.

02/10/1999 BR Drama and Romance 1h 47m

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Synopsis

A book editor juggles relationships with two women while coping with his best friend's terminal illness.

Denis LenoirCinematography
Olivier AssayasDirector, Writer
Luc BarnierEditing
Georges BenayounProducer

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Late August, Early September (French: Fin août, début septembre) is a 1998 French drama film directed by Olivier Assayas and starring Mathieu Amalric.

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Late August, Early September (French: Fin août, début septembre) is a 1998 French drama film directed by Olivier Assayas and starring Mathieu Amalric.

Plot

Adrien (François Cluzet), a tough-loving writer who has had only marginal commercial success, discovers that he is dying and tells his friend Gabriel (Mathieu Amalric), with whom he has had a tumultuous relationship. Gabriel tries to attend to Adrien while making sense of his complicated romantic life, torn between his former girlfriend, dependable Jenny (Jeanne Balibar), and a new lover, mercurial Anne (Virginie Ledoyen). Unlike Adrien, Gabriel is not a risk-taker: his career path as an encyclopedia editor is steady and secure. Adrien attempts to write his greatest book and begins a quiet relationship with a curious student, Véra (Mia Hansen-Løve). The ensemble and Adrien's other friends find it difficult to assess their lives and careers in the wake of Adrien's revelation, but find that compassion for one another (compassion etymologically meaning "com" as in "all" or "together" combined with "passion") may actually be the sweetest pleasure. By the end of the film, each living character receives various materials (an artwork, an apartment, a memory, a story), from Adrien's life so that Adrien never really leaves the picture all the while giving his compains room to finally move onwards with their own stories.

Cast

Mathieu Amalric as Gabriel

Virginie Ledoyen as Anne

François Cluzet as Adrien

Jeanne Balibar as Jenny

Alex Descas as Jérémie

Arsinée Khanjian as Lucie

Mia Hansen-Løve as Véra

Nathalie Richard as Maryelle

Éric Elmosnino as Thomas

Olivier Cruveiller as Axel

Jean-Baptiste Malartre as the publisher

André Marcon as Hattou

Elisabeth Mazev as the woman who visits the apartment

Olivier Py as the man who visits the apartment

Jean-Baptiste Montagut as Joseph Costa

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External links

Late August, Early September at IMDb

Late August, Early September at Zeitgeist Films

Text from Late August, Early September on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_August,_Early_September

Trivia

It grossed US$ 69.400 worldwide.
It premiered on February 10, 1999, a Wednesday.
It runs 1h47 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "Fin août, début septembre".
This film's quiz has 11 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.