Love at First Fight (film)

Love at First Fight
French theatrical poster
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	17 May 2014 (2014-05-17) (Cannes) 20 August 2014 (2014-08-20) (France)
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]

Cast

• 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
• Steve Tientcheu as Adjudant Ruiz

Accolades

Award / Film Festival	Category	Recipients and nominees	Result
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
	Best Male Revelation	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

References

1. "Love at First Fight". JP Box Office. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
2. "Les Combattants (Love At First Sight) (2014)- JPBox-Office". Retrieved 16 May 2016.
3. "Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2014 lineup unveiled". Screendaily. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
4. "Festival Reports - Cannes Film Festival 2014". FIPRESCI. Archived from the original on 23 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
5. "César 2015 : les nominations". AlloCiné. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
6. "Cesar Awards: 'Timbktu' Sweeps, Kristen Stewart Makes History". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
7. "Melbourne wins best picture in Cairo". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
8. "Cannes: Directors' Fortnight 2014 Winners List". Deadline London. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
9. "'Sils Maria' Wins France's Louis Delluc Critics' Prize". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
10. "France's Lumiere Awards Nominations Unveiled". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
11. "PRIX DU SYNDICAT FRANÇAIS DE LA CRITIQUE 2014". Prix du Syndicat Français de la Critique. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2015.

External links

• Love at First Fight at IMDb