Love at First Fight | |
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Directed by | Thomas Cailley |
Written by | Thomas Cailley Claude Le Pape |
Produced by | Pierre Guyard |
Starring | Adèle Haenel Kévin Azaïs |
Cinematography | David Cailley |
Edited by | Lilian Corbeille |
Music by | Lionel Flairs Benoît Rault Philippe Deshaies |
Distributed by | Haut et Court |
Release dates |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Budget | $3 million [1] |
Box office | $2.3 million [2] |
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, [3] where it won the FIPRESCI Prize in the Parallel Section. [4] In January 2015, the film received nine nominations at the 40th César Awards, winning Best Actress, Most Promising Actor and Best First Feature Film. [5] [6]
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 [7] | Best Actress | Adèle Haenel | Won |
2014 Cannes Film Festival [4] [8] | 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 [5] | 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 [9] | Best First Film | Thomas Cailley | Won |
20th Lumières Awards [10] | 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 [11] | Best First Film | Love at First Fight | Won |
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