Late August, Early September

1998 film

14 September 1998 (1998-09-14)

Running time

112 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrenchBudget$2.6 millionBox office$1.5 million^[2]

Late August, Early September (French: Fin août, début septembre) is a 1998 French drama film directed by Olivier Assayas and starring Mathieu Amalric.^[3]

Plot

Adrien (François Cluzet), a writer who has had only marginal commercial success as a bestselling author, discovers that he is dying and tells his friend Gabriel (Mathieu Amalric), with whom he has had a tumultuous relationship. Gabriel tries to attend to his friend while making sense of his complicated romantic life, torn between dependable Jenny (Jeanne Balibar) and mercurial Anne (Virginie Ledoyen). Unlike Adrien, Gabriel is not a risk-taker: His career path as an editor at a publishing house is steady and secure. He edits an encyclopedia while his older friend attempts to write his greatest book yet. Meanwhile, other friends of Adrien struggle to assess their lives and careers in the wake of his revelation.^[4]

Cast

Mathieu Amalric as Gabriel
Virginie Ledoyen as Anne
François Cluzet as Adrien
Jeanne Balibar as Jenny
Alex Descas as Jérémie
Arsinée Khanjian as Lucie
Mia Hansen-Løve as Véra
Nathalie Richard as Maryelle
Éric Elmosnino as Thomas
Olivier Cruveiller as Axel
Jean-Baptiste Malartre as the publisher
André Marcon as Hattou
Elisabeth Mazev as the woman who visits the apartment
Olivier Py as the man who visits the apartment
Jean-Baptiste Montagut as Joseph Costa

References

^ "Late August, Early September (1999)". UniFrance. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ JP. "Fin août, début septembre (Late August, Early September) (1999)- JPBox-Office". Retrieved 28 September 2016.
^ Maslin, Janet (2007). "Late August, Early September". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 3 December 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2008.
^ Elley, Derek (12 October 1998). "Late August, Early September". Variety. Retrieved 30 May 2024.