FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL
Leave One Day
On the verge of opening her dream restaurant, a rising Parisian chef is pulled back to her rural hometown when her father falls ill. There, old relationships resurface, forcing her to confront the life she left behind — and the one she thought she wanted.
Director
Amélie Bonnin
CAST
Juliette Armanet • Bastien Bouillon • François Rollin • Tewfik Jallab • Dominique Blanc
RATING
VA
RUNTIME
1h 37m
COUNTRY
France
GENRE
Comedy, Drama, Musical
LANGUAGE
French (Eng Subs)
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Leave One Day
LEAVEONE-0609-1700
Tue 9 Jun 5:00pm ncp
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ncp - no complimentary passes
cap - captioned for hard of hearing
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FILM NOTES
A warm, music-filled story of love, memory and returning home.
Opening the Cannes Film Festival with rare confidence for a debut feature, Amélie Bonnin’s Leave One Day blends musical storytelling with a grounded, emotionally resonant narrative. At its centre is a woman caught between ambition and memory, her return home stirring not only family obligations but the unresolved echoes of who she once was.
The film moves with an easy charm, weaving music organically into everyday moments rather than treating it as spectacle. Familiar songs drift in and out, deepening the emotional texture rather than overwhelming it. Anchored by a luminous performance from Juliette Armanet, it becomes a story about the pull of the past — and the quiet realisation that moving forward sometimes means revisiting where you began.