5x2

5x2 (also Cinq fois deux; English: Five Times Two) is a 2004 French film directed by François Ozon, which uncovers the back story to the gradual disintegration of a middle class marriage by depicting five key moments in the relationship, but in reverse order.[2]

5x2
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFrançois Ozon
Produced byOlivier Delbosc
Marc Missonnier
Written byFrançois Ozon
Emmanuèle Bernheim
StarringValeria Bruni Tedeschi
Stéphane Freiss
Music byPhilippe Rombi
CinematographyYorick Le Saux
Edited byMonica Coleman
Production
company
Fidélité Productions
France 2 Cinéma
FOZ
Distributed byMars Distribution (France)
THINKFilm (United States)
Release date
  • 1 September 2004 (2004-09-01) (France)
  • 10 June 2005 (2005-06-10) (United States)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$5.3 million
Box office$4.1 million[1]

Plot

A young married couple, Gilles and Marion, are in a lawyer's office. The lawyer reads out the formal terms of their separation. Then, they book a hotel room together.[3] We then go back in time, with the second chapter showing a tense dinner party, at which Gilles appears to admit to infidelity. The third chapter shows their son's birth, which Gilles missed by several hours, leaving Marion in the hospital with only her parents. The fourth chapter shows their wedding day. The final chapter takes place at an Italian beach resort, where their relationship began.[4]

The individual chapters are all punctuated by romantic Italian love songs, which Ozon has said he chose for their "over-the-top sentimentality" and in order to offset the darkness of some of the scenes in the film.[5] Ozon has also said that the backward structure of the story was in part inspired by Jane Campion's 1986 film Two Friends, and that it allowed for "a true, lucid reading of a couple's story".[5]

Cast

References
  1. http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=1126
  2. Bradshaw, Peter (18 March 2005). "5 x 2". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  3. "5 x 2 Review". Time Out. 16 March 2005. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  4. Scott, AO (10 June 2005). "Movie Review - 5x2". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 October 2009.
  5. "Interviews about 5x2". Francois Ozon Official Site. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2009.

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