One Stays, the Other Leaves (2005)
"L'un reste, l'autre part" (original title)

Director:

Claude Berri

Writers:

Claude Berri, Philippe Ratton (participation)

Stars:

Charlotte Gainsbourg, Daniel Auteuil, Nathalie Baye

Cast

Credited cast:
Charlotte Gainsbourg	...	Judith
Daniel Auteuil	...	Daniel
Nathalie Baye	...	Fanny
Pierre Arditi	...	Alain
Miou-Miou	...	Anne-Marie
Laure Duthilleul	...	Isabelle
Aïssa Maïga	...	Farida
Noémie Lvovsky	...	Nicole
Nicolas Lebovici	...	Julien
Nicolas Choyé	...	Cédric
Laurent Spielvogel	...	Hubert
Mélanie Sitbon	...	Émilie
Michaël Youn	...	Michaël Youn
Marie-Christine Adam	...	Une invitée au cocktail
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Juliette Arnaud

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

african | quadriplegic | motorcycle accident | sister in law | art | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Pathé [fr]

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

12 January 2005 (France)

Also Known As:

One Stays, the Other Leaves

Filming Locations:

Rue des Beaux-Arts, Paris 6, Paris, France

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$1,876,723 (France) (14 January 2005)

Gross:

$3,846,915 (France) (28 January 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hirsch, Pathé Renn Productions, TF1 Films Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Comme Un Enfant"
Written by Suna Syal
Performed by Suna Syal

User Reviews

All alone and unhappy

The film was shown in the Istanbul Film Festival 2006. As I'm a fan of French movies I was thrilled to see Claude Berri's 2005 film. The classical plot is elaborately woven but its not including any real suspense or surprise. The most prominent feature which is shared by each character is their loneliness and lack of true happiness or deep feeling for anything or anyone. The individualism so characteristic of the postmodern world keeps them reserved, self-centered, self-absorbed

• that is selfish and uncaring. The strange thing is, this is not

considered abnormal because it's shared by everyone. Besides the one who stays is not so very different from the one who stays and the reasons of their different choices are not revealed to us. So we don't feel relieved or disturbed that either one "reste or part".Whatsoever the great actors and actresses can be an excuse to see the film.