Coup de Chance is the new film from revered and reviled comedy legend Woody Allen. For some of you, that information alone will be enough to propel you either toward or away from your nearest cinema. The remaining dozen or so of you read on.
How to watch Coup de Chance in Australia
Coup de Chance is screening in Australian cinemas now.
What is Coup de Chance about?
The Annie Hall director’s 50th film and his first in the French language, Coup de Chance sees former wild child Fanny Fournier, a bohemian in her youth now trapped in suffocating luxury married to the oafish millionaire Jean, embark on a clandestine affair with penniless writer Alain Aubert. The dalliance reconnects her with her old self, but the jealous Jean has hired private investigators to check out his suspicions of infidelity, so things are unlikely to end well.
The cast of Coup de Chance
Niels Schneider is Alain Aubert, Lou de Laâge is Fanny Fournier, Melvil Poupaud is Jean Fournier, Valérie Lemercier is Fanny’s mother, Camille Moreau, with Elsa Zylberstein, Grégory Gadebois, Guillaume de Tonquédec, Sara Martins, Arnaud Viard, and Anne Loiret in support.
Coup de Chance trailer
What are the critics saying about Coup de Chance?
It’s been an interesting mix, folks. Reviews are broadly favourable, with many calling Coup de Chance Allen’s best film in a decade or more. However, dissenting voices have been merciless, calling the film clumsy and contrived.
Of course, Woody Allen films don’t exist in a moral or cultural vacuum, and any opinion on his work can’t help but be coloured by your take on his personal life and allegations of abuse against him (you can go Google that). On balance, if you like Allen you’ll like this, if you cannot stand the man, this won’t radically change your mind.
