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Five Times Two

2004 · 90 min

A cool, intimate autopsy of a marriage told backwards, leaving a quiet ache as love's erosion is laid bare.

Directed by
François Ozon
Genres
Drama, Romance
Overview
As young French couple Gilles and Marion officially separate, we see, in reverse order, the milestone moments in their relationship: Gilles revealing his unfaithfulness at a tense dinner party; Marion giving birth to their premature son while Gilles is elsewhere; Gilles and Marion's joyous wedding; and, finally, the fateful moment when they meet as acquaintances at an Italian beach resort, and their love affair begins.

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Directed by
François Ozon
Genres
Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • family
  • grief
  • memory
Places
  • big city
  • hospital
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
François Ozon
Written by
Emmanuèle Bernheim, François Ozon
Starring
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Stéphane Freiss, Françoise Fabian, Michael Lonsdale, Géraldine Pailhas, Antoine Chappey, Marc Ruchmann, Jason Tavassoli
Music
Philippe Rombi
Cinematography
Yorick Le Saux
Runtime
90 min
Country
France
Languages
Italian, French, English

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