Poster

The New Girlfriend ()

Une nouvelle amie (original title)
Reference View | Change View


A young woman makes a surprising discovery about the husband of her late best friend.

Director:
Awards:
Reviews:

Photos and Videos

Cast

Edit
...
David / Virginia
...
Claire
...
Gilles
...
Laura
...
Liz, la mère de Laura
...
Robert, le père de Laura
Bruno Pérard ...
Eva Carlton
...
La nounou
Anita Gillier ...
Infirmière
Alex Fondja ...
Aide-soignant
...
Serveuse restaurant
Pierre Fabiani ...
Homme salon de thé
Mayline Dubois ...
Laura 7 ans
Anna Monedière ...
Claire 7 ans
Brune Kalnykow ...
Lucie 7 ans
Joanie Tessier ...
Lucie 1 an
Kimberly Boily ...
Lucie 1 an
Kessy Boily ...
Lucie 1 an
Elisa Sereda ...
Lucie 6 mois
Victoria Ferreira Denisot ...
Lucie 6 mois
Melody Hudon ...
Lucie 6 mois
...
Homme ascenseur
Evan Marois ...
Garçon ascenseur
...
Collègue Claire
...
Collègue Claire
...
Homme cinéma (as François Godard)
Cédrick Spinassou ...
Curé mariage
Philippe Perez ...
Curé enterrement
Valérie de Monza ...
Directrice école
Laetitia Richard ...
Institutrice
Jules Trasléglise ...
Petit ami Laura
Nicolas Imbert ...
Petit ami Claire
Axel Bry ...
Père Claire
Sylvie Degryse ...
Mère Claire
...
Jeune femme train (as Magali Aguado)
Christophe Therrien ...
Peintre
Diane Prost ...
Jeune fille boîte
Judith Quinet ...
Femme de la gare
Nicolas Mansion ...
Serveur hôtel
...
Conducteur voiture
Jacques Longo ...
Présentateur Amazone
Lady Maxx ...
Lady Maxx
Angelo Bianco ...
Luxury Yours
Christophe Peno ...
Miss Fein
Christophe Carlotti ...
Gin de Paris
David Courant ...
Vénus
François Bourdonnais ...
Miss Shine Van McQueen
Daniel Guignabert ...
Gui-Daniel
Vincent Harry ...
Nathacha Colard
Tony Poveda ...
Nicky Jones
Claude Roustit ...
Travesti
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Elyna Berger ...
Elève école (uncredited)
Jonathan Louis ...
Un homme en soirée (uncredited)
...
Cliente boutique M.A.C. (uncredited)
Michèle Raingeval ...
Une voyageuse (uncredited)

Directed by

Edit
François Ozon

Written by

Edit
Ruth Rendell ... (novel The New Girlfriend)
 
François Ozon ... (screenplay)

Produced by

Edit
Eric Altmayer ... producer
Nicolas Altmayer ... producer
Arthur Grec ... assistant producer

Music by

Edit
Philippe Rombi

Cinematography by

Edit
Pascal Marti ... director of photography

Editing by

Edit
Laure Gardette

Editorial Department

Edit
Isabelle Julien ... colorist
Hussam Korkut ... color grading assistant / conform editor
Loïc Lallemand ... assistant editor
Mathieu Liron ... digital lab operator
Elsa Perrin ... digital lab operator / scanner
Audrey Samson ... digital lab operator
Julien Souchet ... dailies coordinator
Antoine Yar ... digital lab operator / scanner

Casting By

Edit
Antoinette Boulat

Production Design by

Edit
Michel Barthélémy

Art Direction by

Edit
Pascal Le Guellec ... (as Pascal Leguellec)
Elisabeth Williams ... (Motreal unit)

Set Decoration by

Edit
Agnes Demaegot
Nathalie Roubaud

Costume Design by

Edit
Pascaline Chavanne

Makeup Department

Edit
Franck-Pascal Alquinet ... key hair stylist
Romain Marietti ... hair stylist: additional
Gill Robillard ... key makeup artist

Production Management

Edit
Daniel Boudreau ... unit manager: Montreal
Alain Caporicci ... assistant unit manager: Montreal
Serge Catoire ... production manager
Laure Cérène ... assistant unit manager
Barbara Daniel ... post-production manager
Shane De La Brosse ... assistant production manager (as Shane de La Brosse)
Jocelyn Dubois ... production manager:Montreal
Claire Langmann ... unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Edit
Arnaud Esterez ... first assistant director
Mathieu Thirion ... second assistant director
Corentin Thomas ... third assistant director

Art Department

Edit
Sabine Barthélémy ... painter
Sébastien Chauvat ... carpenter
Augustin Collet ... second assistant art director
Thierry Crépin ... ripper
Manuel Demoulling ... on set prop master
Elise Duvignau ... assistant art decorator (as Elise Duvigneau)
Frédéric Garrone ... construction buyer
Yvan Hart ... chief modeller
Mathieu Jurgenson ... digital artist
Jessy Kupperman ... set dresser
Pauline Le Corre ... assistant art director
Lucas Levon ... assistant art director
Xavier Longuet ... ripper
Édouard Merlin ... ripper
Henri-Gabriel Robert ... assistant art decorator
Nathalie Roubot ... set dresser
Carole Theriault ... art department coordinator
Martinus Van Lunen ... construction coordinator
François Willenz ... digital artist

Sound Department

Edit
Valerio Brini ... Italian language re-recording mixer
Sylvie Fortin ... adr editor
Florian Heine ... sound mix technician
Benoît Hillebrant ... sound editor
Jean-Paul Hurier ... re-recording mixer
Alain Lévy ... post-synchronisation
Johann Nallet ... foley mixer / re-recording mixer
Florian Penot ... assistant foley artist
Philippe Penot ... foley artist
Louis Piche ... boom operator: Montreal
Guillaume Sciama ... sound mixer
Margot Testemale ... dialogue editor

Visual Effects by

Edit
Jerome Binckly ... visual effects artist
Anthony Charbonnier ... digital compositor
Olivier Debert ... digital compositor
Thierry Flament ... visual effects artist
Thomas Geiger ... visual effects artist
Laurie Kotfila ... i/o vfx support
Thibault Martegani ... digital compositor
Frederic Moreau ... visual effects designer
Sarah Moreau ... visual effects producer
Mikael Tanguy ... visual effects supervisor

Stunts

Edit
Sybille Blouin ... stunt performer
Yves Girard ... stunt advisor / stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department

Edit
Marion Befve ... first assistant camera
Pierre Bonnet ... gaffer
Bertrand Calmeau ... still photographer
Yann Catinaud ... electrician
Mathieu Charest ... steadicam: Montreal, QC
Veronique Dagenais ... video assist: Montreal
Marie-Sophie Daniel ... second assistant camera
David Dinel ... key grip
Marie-Ève Gosselin ... second assistant camera
Benoît Jaoul ... video assist
Philippe Leroy ... electrician
Jean-Claude Moireau ... still photographer
Laurent Pouchard ... grip
Virgile Reboul ... rigging gaffer
Hervé Rousset ... key grip
Jan Rubens ... steadicam operator

Casting Department

Edit
Julie Breton ... location casting
Camille De Latour ... casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Edit
Catherine Boisgontier ... costume supervisor
Camille Champenois ... wardrobe
Anne-Sophie Gledhill ... costumer
Camille Joste ... costumer
Gaelle Masson ... costume trainee
Oriol Nogues ... costumer
Fanny Rappange ... costumer

Location Management

Edit
Marie Barré ... location scout
Lynn Beaudin ... location manager: Canada
Severine Deluc ... location manager
Séverine Deluc ... location scout

Music Department

Edit
Mark Berrow ... musician: violin
Daniel Bhattacharya ... violinist
Guillaume Clément ... assistant executive music producer
Cecile Coutelier ... music editor
Stéphane Reichart ... music scoring mixer
Guy-Paul Romby ... music copyist
Marie Sabbah ... music supervision
Jehan Stefan ... assistant to composer / assistant to conductor / booth reader
Rachel Bolt ... musician: viola (uncredited)
Steve Mair ... musician: double bass (uncredited)
Bruce White ... musician: viola (uncredited)

Transportation Department

Edit
Andre Boucley ... driver: Montreal
Luc Bouthillier ... cast driver: Montreal
Andrée Roy ... cast driver: Montreal

Additional Crew

Edit
Pierre Amiand ... production administrator
Michel Bachand ... craft service: Montreal
Sylvain Chalifoux ... set runner: Montreal
Elodie Cyr ... second set production assistant: Montreal
Millie Dallas ... production assistant: Montreal (as Camille Fortin-Chbib)
Camille De Latour ... child coach
Karim El Fassi ... key set production assistant: Montreal
Arthur Grec ... equity provider
Serge Hayat ... equity provider
Nicolas Houle ... production assistant: Montreal
Delphine Le Courtois ... production assistant: Montreal
Johanne Paquin ... production office coordinator: Montreal
Annie Senay ... craft assistant: Montreal
Svetlane Vaesken ... payroll accountant

Production Companies

Edit

Distributors

Edit

Special Effects

Edit

Other Companies

Edit

Storyline

Edit
Plot Summary

Claire and Laura have been friends since primary school. Now, in their adult lives, with each happily married, to Gilles and David respectively, they are as close as ever. Then Laura dies after an illness and Claire's world is suddenly very empty. Being the godmother of Laura's child, Lucie, Claire visits David and Lucie, only to discover he has a startling secret... Written by grantss

Plot Keywords
Taglines Ozon's farce on the French Farce of comedy. See more »
Genres
Parents Guide View content advisory »
Certification

Additional Details

Edit
Also Known As
  • The New Girlfriend (World-wide, English title)
  • The New Girlfriend (Canada, English title)
  • The New Girlfriend (Ireland, English title)
  • Une Nouvelle Amie (India, English title)
  • The New Girlfriend (United States)
  • See more »
Runtime
  • 108 min
Official Sites
Country
Language
Color
Aspect Ratio
Sound Mix
Filming Locations

Box Office

Budget EUR8,946,323 (estimated)

Did You Know?

Edit
Trivia Matthias Schoenaerts was François Ozon's original choice for the role of David/Virginia, but the actor turned it down. Schoenaerts was filming Far from the Madding Crowd (2015) at the same time that "The New Girlfriend" was being filmed. Romain Duris was cast instead. See more »
Goofs At the start, when Laura had her eyes closed; her appeared to be natural looking blue color. In reality, her eyes would had been discolored to a lighter blue. See more »
Movie Connections Features Waterloo Bridge (1940). See more »
Soundtracks Hot N Cold See more »

Contribute to This Page


Recently Viewed