Le Battement d'ailes du papillon (2000)
Directed by Laurent Firode

Comedy / Drama
aka: Happenstance

Film Synopsis

How do a man and a woman meet and fall in love?  Is it destiny, luck or the outcome of a series of seemingly random and unconnected little events?  Everyone knows about the butterfly effect, that one small incident can lead to another much more significant outcome later on.  This is precisely how Irène came to meet her true love, not by divine intervention, but by the strange interconnectedness of all things...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Laurent Firode
  • Script: Laurent Firode
  • Cinematographer: Jean-René Duveau
  • Music: Peter Chase
  • Cast: Audrey Tautou (Irène), Faudel (Younès), Eric Savin (Richard), Nathalie Besançon (Marie), Lysiane Meis (Elsa), Irène Ismaïloff (Stéphanie), Eric Feldman (Luc), Frédéric Bouraly (Bobby), Franck Bussi (The Waiter from the Philosophic Cafe), Marina Tomé (Julie), Félicité Wouassi (The Vigilant), Antoine Coesens (The Clochard), Saïd Serrari (The Pickpocket), Lily Boulogne (Luc's Mother), Gilbert Robin (The Destiny Man), Manu Layotte (Cailloux's Lanceurs), Husky Kihal (The Magazin Owner), Nor-eddin Abboud (The S.A.V. Salesman), Louison Roblin (Irène's Neighbor), Manuela Gourary (Elsa's Mother)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French / English
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 90 min
  • Aka: Happenstance ; Amelie 2 ; The Beating of a Butterfly's Wings ; The Beating of the Butterfly's Wings

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