Love at First Fight (French: Les Combattants) is a 2014 French romantic comedy film directed by Thomas Cailley. It was screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize in the Parallel Section. In January 2015, the film received nine nominations at the 40th César Awards, winning Best Actress, Most Promising Actor and Best First Feature Film.
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Directed by | Thomas Cailley |
Produced by | Pierre Guyard |
Written by | Thomas Cailley Claude Le Pape |
Starring | Adèle Haenel Kévin Azaïs |
Music by | Lionel Flairs Benoît Rault Philippe Deshaies |
Cinematography | David Cailley |
Edited by | Lilian Corbeille |
Distributed by | Haut et Court |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Budget | $3 million |
Box office | $2.3 million |
Screenplay
- Adèle Haenel as Madeleine
- Kévin Azaïs as Arnaud Labrède
- Antoine Laurent as Manu Labrède
- Brigitte Roüan as Hélène Labrède
- William Lebghil as Xavier
- Thibault Berducat as Victor
- Nicolas Wanczycki as Lieutenant Schliefer
- Frederic Pellegeay as Le recruteur
- Steve Tientcheu as Adjudant Ruiz
- Franc Bruneau as Le conseiller funéraire
Award / Film Festival | Category | Recipients and nominees | Result |
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Cabourg Film Festival | Male Revelation | Kévin Azaïs | Won |
2014 Cairo International Film Festival | Best Actress | Adèle Haenel | Won |
2014 Cannes Film Festival | FIPRESCI Prize (Directors' Fortnight) | Thomas Cailley | Won |
Art Cinema Award | Thomas Cailley | Won | |
SACD Prize (Directors' Fortnight) | Thomas Cailley | Won | |
Europa Cinemas Label Award | Thomas Cailley | Won | |
Caméra d'Or | Thomas Cailley | Nominated | |
40th César Awards | Best Film | Love at First Fight | Nominated |
Best Director | Thomas Cailley | Nominated | |
Best Actress | Adèle Haenel | Won | |
Most Promising Actor | Kévin Azaïs | Won | |
Best Original Screenplay | Thomas Cailley and Claude Le Pape | Nominated | |
Best First Feature Film | Love at First Fight | Won | |
Best Editing | Lilian Corbeille | Nominated | |
Best Sound | Jean-Luc Audy, Guillaume Bouchateau and Niels Barletta | Nominated | |
Best Music Written for a Film | Lionel Flairs, Benoît Rault and Philippe Deshaies | Nominated | |
Globes de Cristal Award | Best Film | Love at First Fight | Nominated |
Best Actress | Adèle Haenel | Nominated | |
2014 Louis Delluc Prize | Best First Film | Thomas Cailley | Won |
20th Lumières Awards | Best Actress | Adèle Haenel | Nominated |
Most Promising Actor | Kévin Azaïs | Won | |
Best First Film | Love at First Fight | Won | |
Prix du Syndicat Français de la Critique de Cinéma | Best First Film | Love at First Fight | Won |