Xavier is a 40-year-old father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can’t bear them growing up far away from him and so he decides to move there as well.

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Film Cast:

• Xavier Rousseau: Romain Duris
• Martine: Audrey Tautou
• Isabelle: Cécile de France
• Wendy: Kelly Reilly
• Ju: Sandrine Holt
• Isabelle, la babysitter: Flore Bonaventura
• les philosophes allemands: Jochen Hägele
• le père de Xavier: Benoît Jacquot
• la mère de Xavier: Martine Demaret
• Nancy: Li Jun Li
• l’éditeur: Dominique Besnehard
• M. Boubaker: Zinedine Soualem
• John: Peter Hermann
• l’avocat new-yorkais de Xavier: Jason Kravits
• L’infirmière: Vanessa Guide
• Antoine Garceau: Kyan Khojandi
• le photographe (caméo): Cédric Klapisch
• Le deuxième mari Latino: Alex Kruz
• Le mari latino: Luis Vega
• Tom Rousseau: Pablo Mugnier-Jacob
• Mia Rousseau: Margaux Mansart
• Lucas: Amin Djakliou
• Jade: Clara Abbasi
• Ray: Sharrieff Pugh
• L’agent bureau immigration: Peter McRobbie
• L’avocat de Wendy: Byron Jennings
• La première collégienne: Alison Arboux
• La deuxième collégienne: Loreleï Aubry
• La femme sensuelle: Natalia Segura
• L’associé de l’éditeur: Xavier Alcan
• L’assistante de l’éditeur: Maud Wyler
• L’infirmière de la maternité: Catrina Ganey
• Le patron coursier: Adrian Martinez
• Miguel: Jose Soto
• Ming Li: Shuya Chang
• Ben: Howah Hung
• Le chauffeur de taxi chinois: Phil Nee
• La vieille dame: Anna Berger
• Le premier rocker: Larry Fessenden
• Le deuxième rocker: Joe Stefko
• Le chauffeur en colère: Yinka Adeboyeku
• Le chauffeur de taxi indien: Kenneth Maharaj
• L’assistant-photographe: Antoine Garceau
• Le piéton secouriste: Damon Michael Gordon
• Un passant: Michael Che
• Carlos Fernandez: Dominic Colón
• Kayla: Ryiah Rene Suazo
• La femme yiddish: Yelena Shmulenson
• L’homme yiddish: Allen Lewis Rickman
• Le père en colère: Dylan Chalfy
• Le deuxième avocat: Victor Colicchio
• Le barman: J.D. Williams
• La femme latino: Jenny L. Saldaña
• Le réceptionniste: Wang Yinuo
• Une skater: Celia Au
• Un gay qui se marie: Brian Cheeks
• Un invité au mariage au City Hall: Alexander Jameson
• Hasidic Daughter: Mia Sinclair Jenness
• Le premier fuyard: Ilan Krigsfeld
• Un messager à vélo: Stephen Lin
• Sammie: Niyi Oni
• La fille hassidique: Anna Rapp
• Le fils hassidique: Tyler Rapp
• Le témoin du marié: Will Tomi

Film Crew:

• Producer: Cédric Klapisch
• Location Manager: Damon Michael Gordon
• Director of Photography: Natasha Braier
• Editor: Anne-Sophie Bion
• Producer: Bruno Levy
• Music: Loïc Dury
• Music: Christophe Minck
• Production Design: Roshelle Berliner
• Production Design: Marie Cheminal
• Art Direction: Valérie Rozanes
• Art Direction: Matteo De Cosmo
• Costume Design: Lee Harper
• Hairstylist: Christopher Fulton
• Key Makeup Artist: Rachel Geary
• Hair Department Head: Mandy Lyons
• Key Makeup Artist: Frédéric Marin
• Wigmaker: Anne Moralis
• Special Effects Makeup Artist: Pierre Olivier Persin
• Key Hair Stylist: April Schuller
• Hairstylist: Adenike Wright
• Executive Producer: Raphaël Benoliel
• Executive Producer: Carol Cuddy
• Co-Producer: Gaëtan David
• Co-Producer: Buzz Koenig
• Co-Producer: André Logie
• Producer: Arlette Zylberberg
• Casting: Ann Goulder
• Casting: Gayle Keller
• Casting: Jeanne Millet
• Set Decoration: David Schlesinger
• Foley Editor: Jérémy Babinet
• ADR Recordist: Ric Schnupp
• Foley Artist: Philippe Penot
• Sound Mixer: Nicolas Mazet
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Cyril Holtz
• ADR Mixer: Mark DeSimone
• Sound: Cyril Moisson

Movie Reviews:

• Andres Gomez: This third part of the series started with “The Spanish Apartment” and “Russian Dolls” continues following the life of Xavier and his complications. The cast is the well known and very good from previous parts with the good additions of the children, which perform really well.
• This part, although shows again the chaotic life of Xavier, feels, somehow more coherent and luminous, as if the pieces would be finally fitting. Maybe the best way of summarizing the series and the conclusion is with the conversation that Xavier and Martine have by the end of the film in which Martine tell Xavier how she cannot get how Xavier feels his life to be that complicated. For her, it is just life as it is.
• Anyway, a movie to pass a good time, with the spicy addition of the mixed languages and (western) cultures which have always made this series something special, although it is clearly addressed to the 70’s – early 80’s born western generation with a comfortable economic position.
• CinemaSerf: “Xavier” (Roman Duris) is maybe not the most reliable of husbands, but I did feel a little sorry for him when wife “Wendy” (Kelly Reilly) decides that she wishes to relocate to the United States, and to take their two children with her. Bluntly, she doesn’t really care whether he likes it or not. She’s met a new man “John” (Peter Hermann) and is going regardless. Surprisingly for him, this really focusses his priories as he realises that he doesn’t want to live without them, so he follows suit. He ends up living in New York’s Chinatown where he has to try and sort out a job, accommodation and a lawyer for his impending divorce. What now ensues sees this well meaning but hapless fellow leap from the frying pan to the fire on countless occasions. He even manages to get himself embroiled in a marriage of convenience for a couple of lesbians, is on the wrong visa and a reuniting with “Martine” (Audrey Tautou) is only going to further complicate this already messy scenario. Duris is good with these sorts of roles. The lightly comedic, slightly daft character who is usually always reacting to a shambles of his own making, lurching from one mistake to another whilst genuinely trying to be decent and helpful. There’s a fun scene in the sperm donating room – you can just use your imagination for that! Tautou always reminds me of Audrey Helpburn – and here, though she doesn’t feature so prominently, she owns her scenes – especially those she delivers in Mandarin. There’s also an enjoyable dynamic coming from Sandrine Holt (“Ju”) and “Isabelle” (Cécile de France) as they all try to stay one step ahead of the savvy immigration inspector (Peter McRobbie) and the thing builds to a denouement that might also have worked well for Peter Sellers. We could possibly condense the first fifteen minutes a little, but otherwise this is an entertaining middle-age crisis romp that I quite enjoyed.