I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere (film) explained

I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere
Director:Arnaud Viard
Producer:Marc-Benoît Créancier
Cinematography:Emmanuel Soyer
Editing:Véronique Bruque
Music:Clément Ducol
Budget:$4.2 million [1]
Gross:$3.4 million [2]

I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere (French: Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part) is a French film directed by Arnaud Viard released in 2019[3] with an adapted screenplay from Anna Gavalda's homonymous collection of twelve short stories.[4] [5] [6] [7]

Plot

Aurore celebrates her 70th birthday surrounded by her friends and four grown children: the eldest Jean-Pierre is the father of a family and wine representative, Juliette is a French teacher and dreams of career as a writer, Margaux is a freelance photographer, and Mathieu is single at 30 years old. Since the death of their father, Jean-Pierre naturally assumes the paternalistic and benevolent role with his siblings. One day, he is contacted by his old friend Héléna, a fashionable theater actress, who tells him terrible news.

Cast

Production

Most of the filming took place in Fixin, in Côte-d'Or. Part of the shooting took place from September 3 to 7, 2018 in Dijon.[8] [9]

Box office

The film was first released in France on January 22, 2020, in 367 theaters and sold 27,040 tickets on opening day.[10] The first week ends with 212,027 tickets sold.[11] The second weekend saw attendance drop by 57.07% despite 22 additional theaters.[12] The film is entering its seventh week passed the bar of 450,000 tickets sold.[13]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=19814
  2. https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt9151382/?ref_=bo_se_r_1
  3. Web site: All eyes are on the 2019 Valois d'Or at Angoulême. Cineuropa. Fabien. Lemercier. 19 August 2019. 13 September 2021.
  4. Web site: Je voudrais que Quelqu'un m'attende Quelque part (2020) de Arnaud Viard. 9 September 2021. Focus Cinéma. fr.
  5. Web site: VIDÉO - Alice Taglioni et Arnaud Viard: "Le film a mis près de 10 ans à se faire". 9 September 2021. www.rtl.fr. fr.
  6. Web site: Arnaud Viard starts shooting I Wish Someone Were Waiting For Me Somewhere. 17 January 2024. Cineuropa.
  7. Web site: Atlantico.fr. "Je voudrais que quelqu'un m'attende quelque part" Arnaud Viard amour tendresse. 9 September 2021. Atlantico.fr. fr.
  8. Web site: Fixin: Arnaud Viard, de retour sur ses terres. 9 September 2021. France 3 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. fr-FR.
  9. Web site: Côte-d'Or - Cinéma. Un long-métrage en tournage entre Fixin et Dijon. 9 September 2021. www.bienpublic.com. fr.
  10. Web site: JP Box-Office - DaybyDay. 9 September 2021. jpbox-office.com.
  11. Web site: Je voudrais que quelqu\'un m\'attende quelque part (I Wish Someone Were Waiting for Me Somewhere) (2020) - JPBox-Office. 9 September 2021. jpbox-office.com.
  12. Web site: JPBoxOffice - Hebdo France - DU 29 Janvier AU 04 Février 2020. 9 September 2021. jpbox-office.com.
  13. Web site: JPBoxOffice - Hebdo France - DU 12 AU 18 Février 2020. 9 September 2021. jpbox-office.com.