Non-Fiction (2018)

Set in the Parisian publishing world, an editor and an author find themselves in over their heads, as they cope with a middle-age crisis, the changing industry and their wives.

Director:

Olivier Assayas

Writer:

Olivier Assayas

Stars:

Guillaume Canet, Juliette Binoche, Vincent Macaigne

6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Guillaume Canet	...	Alain Danielson
Juliette Binoche	...	Selena
Vincent Macaigne	...	Léonard Spiegel
Christa Théret	...	Laure d'Angerville
Nora Hamzawi	...	Valérie
Pascal Greggory	...	Marc-Antoine Rouvel
Laurent Poitrenaux	...	Maxime Caron
Sigrid Bouaziz	...	L'amie éditrice
Lionel Dray	...	L'ami éditeur
Nicolas Bouchaud	...	David
Antoine Reinartz	...	Blaise - le libraire d'Arles
Aurélia Petit	...	L'invitée de Marc-Antoine
Thierry de Peretti	...	L'invité de Marc-Antoine
Violaine Gillibert	...	Paloma - l'amie de Marc-Antoine
Jean-Luc Vincent	...	Carsten - un écrivain

Storyline

Set in the Parisian publishing world, an editor and an author find themselves in over their heads, as they cope with a middle-age crisis, the changing industry and their wives.

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Plot Keywords:

male frontal nudity | male nudity | male rear nudity | female nudity | author | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some language and sexuality/nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Juliette Binoche: The Art of Being - Official Fansite

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

3 May 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Non-Fiction

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

CG Cinéma, Vortex Sutra, Arte France Cinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Olivier Assayas began writing the screenplay for Doubles Lives in the mid-2000s, he was not yet aware that he would make a feature film. For a long time, the director had been working on the story of a publisher confronted with the transformation of the world and its ability to adapt to it.

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Connections

References Winter Light (1963)

User Reviews

Not for the general audience

As a fan of European films with an intellectual spark and some witty humor, I was expecting to enjoy this. Despite a slow start, I kept hoping for an eventual improvement, but the film just dragged on and on, repeating the same idea in many different settings, to the point of exhaustion, for 108 tedious minutes.

While there were a couple of funny moments, they were too few and far apart. As far as the story went, there was not much beyond the initial concept. As a character-driven film, I found most characters to be flat and unrelatable, particularly the protagonist and his romantic interests. The minor development at the end felt forced and out of place.

Since I saw this at the Toronto Film Festival, a Q&A followed at the end. Unlike other public screenings that I've attended so far, most questions this time came from people in the film industry, who themselves mentioned that they could probably better relate to the book publishing industry, thus this film, than most. Since I'm not of the industry nor a French speaker, I could only hope that some of its charm lost in translation.