Quelques jours en septembre (2006)

September the 1st, 2001. Elliot, an American C.I.A. agent holding top secret information on the immediate future of the world, disappears. His sole aim was to meet his daughter Orlando, ... See full summary »

Director:

Santiago Amigorena

Writer:

Santiago Amigorena

Stars:

Juliette Binoche, John Turturro, Sara Forestier

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Juliette Binoche	...	Irène Montano
John Turturro	...	William Pound
Sara Forestier	...	Orlando
Tom Riley	...	David
Nick Nolte	...	Elliott
Mathieu Demy	...	Le jeune banquier
Saïd Amadis	...	Le vieux banquier
Magne-Håvard Brekke	...	Igor Zyberski (as Magne-Havard Brekke)
Joël Lefrançois	...	Le concierge de l'hôtel
Alexis Galmot	...	Le serveur
Jean-Luc Lucas	...	Le contrôleur
Roberto Moro	...	Le gardien du palais
Julien Husson	...	L'homme à la cigarette

Storyline

September the 1st, 2001. Elliot, an American C.I.A. agent holding top secret information on the immediate future of the world, disappears. His sole aim was to meet his daughter Orlando, whom he abandoned ten years before. Irène, a French agent who used to work with him, and David, his adoptive son, will help him and lead the girl to her father. Chased by William Pound, a strangely poetic psycho, they will defy the dangers of international espionage from Paris to Venice and finally get to Elliot on September the 11th 2001.

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Plot Keywords:

french | father son relationship | inside information | concierge | kitty | 

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Taglines:

Hours ago they were strangers, in a minute more they will be fugitives

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Italy France Portugal

Language:

English French Italian Arabic

Release Date:

6 September 2006 (France)

Also Known As:

A Few Days in September

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Box Office

Budget:

€10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gemini Films, Les Films du Rat, France 2 Cinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Although this is Santiago Amigorena's directorial debut, it is also his 26th screenplay in eight years.

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Goofs

Final scene in Venice the characters are sitting as sun rises in early morning and then the scene shifts to the TV in café with news of 9/11 attack. In Venice the news would have been in the afternoon after mid day meal not early morning.

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Quotes

David: It's rather strange, isn't it? The same person on one side of the Atlantic has a daughter that wants to kill him. Hates him. And the other side has a son that loves him. And thinks he's the best man in the world.
Orlando: There are many differences between the two sides of the Atlantic.
David: Don't start...

User Reviews

That's the question: Are Americans human beings?

The only thing remotely exciting in the first half of this movie was if and when the sexual tension between Irène (Juliette Binoche) and David (Tom Riley) would end in a tryst between the sheets before one or both of them were killed by William Pound (John Turturro), a poetry spouting psycho.

But then, David's half-sister Orlando (Sara Forestier) appears to hate him and all Americans so much that they will end up together. Who knows? There sure isn't anything else going on as we wait to see if Elliott (Nick Nolte) knows about 9/11.

Quelle surprise! The winner is..., and it only took 85 minutes of the movie to get there! The conversations between Irène, Orlando and David kept the movie interesting until the predictable end.