Happenstance

– How, thanks to what's known as the "Butterfly theory" (a random series of unlinked events), can a yo..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.90 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 30 Minutes
Release Year:
2000
Original Name:
Le Battement d'ailes du papillon
Happenstance (2000) - Also known as Le Battement d'ailes du papillon

How, thanks to what's known as the "Butterfly theory" (a random series of unlinked events), can a young woman and a young man meet?

Happenstance (2000) - Trailer

Release Date:

21 Jun 2000

Language:

French, English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Laurent Firode

Writer:

Laurent Firode

Main Actors:

Audrey Tautou, Faudel, Eric Savin, Nathalie Besançon

Plot:

Chance, volition, and the large effects of tiny causes swirl through Paris on a single day. A clerk born 11 March 1977 hears her horoscope on the way to work: today she'll meet her true love, but she must be patient. Before the day ends under a full moon, twenty lives intersect time and again in unpredictable, connected ways: a jilted lover holds a souvenir pebble, a stolen coffee maker looks suspicious at a Metro stop, a yellow rain slicker is passed on as a gift, lettuce causes a bicycle accident, a leaf betrays an habitual liar who's just told the truth, and an Algerian waiter, also born 11 March 1977, sees a bug cross a tablecloth. Magical sand from the Sahara is in the air.

Awards:

3 wins.

Production:

Lot 47 Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
Metacritic:
59%