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Olivia Thirlby | ... |
Jane
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Bérénice Marlohe | ... | ||
Anton Yelchin | ... | ||
Glenn Close | ... | ||
Eric Stoltz | ... |
Galassi
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Frank Langella | ... | ||
Lambert Wilson | ... |
Valery
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Joseph D'Onofrio | ... |
Waiter
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Jocelyn DeBoer | ... |
Kiva Bloom
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Dov Tiefenbach | ... |
Cashier
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Amina Robinson | ... |
Nanny
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Julian Bond | ... |
Himself - Party Guest
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Kelly Hartnett | ... |
Arielle Look alike
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Paul Thornton | ... |
Pedestrian
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David Remnick | ... |
Himself - New Yorker Editor
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In New York, an aspiring novelist has a cinq-a-sept affair with the beautiful wife of a French diplomat. Cultures, world views, personal ethics and dietary preferences clash as love deepens, with remarkable results. Romance, drama and comedy.
It's a love story. It's a coming of age story. It's a class-of- cultures story. But to call "5 to 7" a "romantic comedy" is to evoke images of all sorts of rom-com clichés that this film does its best to avoid. There were moments when I expected the movie to go in a predictable direction, and it didn't. I thought this was going to be a movie about a young, sheltered writer who could never achieve success until he stopped writing and started living -- but, while this played some part, it wasn't exactly that, either.
Best of all, I adored every character in this movie. There are no villains. The only villain is life -- the inherent complications in good people's lives that, try as you might, you can't dodge. The two principals, Anton Yelchin and Bérénice Marlohe, were perfect. Frank Langella was hilarious; Glenn Close touching. And the sprinkling of real-life people into the story was handled exactly right.
It's a shame that this movie has had such a limited release. It is truly a wonderful film.