Love at First Fight (film) explained

Love at First Fight
Director:	Thomas Cailley
Producer:	Pierre Guyard
Starring:	Adèle Haenel Kévin Azaïs
Music:	Lionel Flairs Benoît Rault Philippe Deshaies
Cinematography:	David Cailley
Editing:	Lilian Corbeille
Distributor:	Haut et Court
Runtime:	98 minutes
Country:	France
Language:	French
Budget:	$3 million^[1]
Gross:	$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
2014 Cairo International Film Festival^[7]	Best Actress	Adèle Haenel
2014 Cannes Film Festival^[8]	FIPRESCI Prize (Directors' Fortnight)	Thomas Cailley
	Art Cinema Award	Thomas Cailley
	SACD Prize (Directors' Fortnight)	Thomas Cailley
	Europa Cinemas Label Award	Thomas Cailley
	Caméra d'Or	Thomas Cailley
40th César Awards	Best Film	Love at First Fight
	Best Director	Thomas Cailley
	Best Actress	Adèle Haenel
	Most Promising Actor	Kévin Azaïs
	Best Original Screenplay	Thomas Cailley and Claude Le Pape
	Best First Feature Film	Love at First Fight
	Best Editing	Lilian Corbeille
	Best Sound	Jean-Luc Audy, Guillaume Bouchateau and Niels Barletta
	Best Music Written for a Film	Lionel Flairs, Benoît Rault and Philippe Deshaies
Globes de Cristal Award	Best Film	Love at First Fight
	Best Actress	Adèle Haenel
2014 Louis Delluc Prize^[9]	Best First Film	Thomas Cailley
20th Lumières Awards^[10]	Best Actress	Adèle Haenel
	Best Male Revelation	Kévin Azaïs
	Best First Film	Love at First Fight
Prix du Syndicat Français de la Critique de Cinéma^[11]	Best First Film	Love at First Fight

Notes and References

1. Web site: Love at First Fight . 22 April 2015 . JP Box Office.
2. Web site: Les Combattants (Love At First Sight) (2014)- JPBox-Office. 16 May 2016.
3. Web site: Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2014 lineup unveiled . 26 April 2014 . Screendaily.
4. Web site: Festival Reports - Cannes Film Festival 2014 . 23 May 2014 . FIPRESCI . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140523225813/http://www.fipresci.org/festivals/archive/2014/cannes/cannes_2014_ndx.htm . 23 May 2014 .
5. Web site: César 2015 : les nominations . 29 January 2015 . AlloCiné.
6. Web site: Cesar Awards: 'Timbktu' Sweeps, Kristen Stewart Makes History . 28 February 2015 . The Hollywood Reporter.
7. Web site: Melbourne wins best picture in Cairo . 20 November 2014. ScreenDaily.
8. Web site: Cannes: Directors' Fortnight 2014 Winners List . 9 June 2014. Deadline London.
9. Web site: 'Sils Maria' Wins France's Louis Delluc Critics' Prize . 16 December 2014. The Hollywood Reporter.
10. Web site: France's Lumiere Awards Nominations Unveiled . 12 January 2015 . The Hollywood Reporter.
11. Web site: PRIX DU SYNDICAT FRANÇAIS DE LA CRITIQUE 2014 . 3 February 2015 . Prix du Syndicat Français de la Critique . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141010103544/http://www.semainedelacritique.com/syndicat2010/palmares.html . 10 October 2014 .