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Chinese Puzzle
Chinese Puzzle

6.6

Chinese Puzzle

R·2013·117m

Summary

Xavier is a 40-year-old father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can't bear them growing up far away from him and so he decides to move there as well.

Cast

Romain Duris

Romain Duris

Xavier Rousseau

Audrey Tautou

Audrey Tautou

Martine

Cécile de France

Cécile de France

Isabelle

Kelly Reilly

Kelly Reilly

Wendy

Sandrine Holt

Sandrine Holt

Ju

Flore Bonaventura

Flore Bonaventura

Isabelle

Jochen Hägele

Jochen Hägele

les philosophes allemands

Benoît Jacquot

Benoît Jacquot

Xavier's Dad

Martine Demaret

Martine Demaret

Xavier's Mom

Li Jun Li

Li Jun Li

Nancy

Dominique Besnehard

Dominique Besnehard

l'éditeur

Zinedine Soualem

Zinedine Soualem

M. Boubaker

Peter Hermann

Peter Hermann

John

Jason Kravits

Jason Kravits

Lawyer

Vanessa Guide

Vanessa Guide

Nurse

Kyan Khojandi

Kyan Khojandi

Antoine Garceau

Cédric Klapisch

Cédric Klapisch

le photographe (caméo)

Alex Kruz

Alex Kruz

Le deuxième mari Latino

Luis Vega

Luis Vega

Le mari latino

Pablo Mugnier-Jacob

Tom Rousseau

Margaux Mansart

Mia Rousseau

Amin Djakliou

Lucas

Clara Abbasi

Jade

Sharrieff Pugh

Sharrieff Pugh

Ray

Peter McRobbie

Peter McRobbie

L'agent bureau immigration

Byron Jennings

Byron Jennings

L'avocat de Wendy

Alison Arboux

La première collégienne

Loreleï Aubry

La deuxième collégienne

Natalia Segura

La femme sensuelle

Xavier Alcan

Xavier Alcan

L'associé de l'éditeur

Maud Wyler

Maud Wyler

L'assistante de l'éditeur

Catrina Ganey

Catrina Ganey

L'infirmière de la maternité

Adrian Martinez

Adrian Martinez

Le patron coursier

Jose Soto

Jose Soto

Miguel

Shuya Chang

Shuya Chang

Ming Li

Howah Hung

Howah Hung

Ben

Phil Nee

Phil Nee

Le chauffeur de taxi chinois

Anna Berger

Anna Berger

La vieille dame

Larry Fessenden

Larry Fessenden

Le premier rocker

Joe Stefko

Joe Stefko

Le deuxième rocker

Yinka Adeboyeku

Yinka Adeboyeku

Le chauffeur en colère

Kenneth Maharaj

Kenneth Maharaj

Le chauffeur de taxi indien

Antoine Garceau

Antoine Garceau

L'assistant-photographe

Damon Michael Gordon

Damon Michael Gordon

Le piéton secouriste

Michael Che

Michael Che

Un passant

Dominic Colón

Dominic Colón

Carlos Fernandez

Ryiah Rene Suazo

Kayla

Yelena Shmulenson

Yelena Shmulenson

La femme yiddish

Allen Lewis Rickman

Allen Lewis Rickman

L'homme yiddish

Dylan Chalfy

Dylan Chalfy

Le père en colère

Victor Colicchio

Victor Colicchio

Le deuxième avocat

J.D. Williams

J.D. Williams

Le barman

Jenny L. Saldaña

Jenny L. Saldaña

La femme latino

Wang Yinuo

Le réceptionniste

Celia Au

Celia Au

Une skater

Brian Cheeks

Brian Cheeks

Man Getting Married

Alexander Jameson

Alexander Jameson

Wedding Guest

Mia Sinclair Jenness

Mia Sinclair Jenness

Hasidic Daughter

Stephen Lin

Stephen Lin

Bike Messager

Niyi Oni

Niyi Oni

Sammie

Anna Rapp

Anna Rapp

Hasidic Daughter

Tyler Rapp

Tyler Rapp

Hasidic Son

Will Tomi

Groom's Witness

Crew

Director, Writer

Cédric Klapisch

Reviews

t

tanty

January 22, 2016

8

This third part of the series started with "The Spanish Apartment" and "Russian Dolls" continues following the life of Xavier and his complications. The cast is the well known and very good from previous parts with the good additions of the children, which perform really well.

This part, although shows again the chaotic life of Xavier, feels, somehow more coherent and luminous, as if the pieces would be finally fitting. Maybe the best way of summarizing the series and the conclusion is with the conversation that Xavier and Martine have by the end of the film in which Martine tell Xavier how she cannot get how Xavier feels his life to be that complicated. For her, it is just life as it is.

Anyway, a movie to pass a good time, with the spicy addition of the mixed languages and (western) cultures which have always made this series something special, although it is clearly addressed to the 70's - early 80's born western generation with a comfortable economic position.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

French

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$16,968,297.00

Keywords

friendship
chinatown
immigration
family
usa politics
sham marriage
frenchman abroad