Love at First Fight
2014 · Movie · 98 min · ★ 6.5 · 71% critics
In a small French coastal town, a drifting young man becomes fascinated by a tough, apocalypse-obsessed woman preparing for a feared environmental collapse. When she signs up for an army-style boot camp to learn survival skills, he joins too, and the demanding training pushes them to grow up fast and test what they mean to each other.
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Details
- Original title
- Les Combattants
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2014-08-20
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 71/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (457 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an offbeat French romance that mixes boot-camp challenges, survival vibes, and understated humor with a coming-of-age feel; Not for you if you need big laughs, tidy plotting, or instant emotional intimacy.
Pros: unconventional romance setup; engaging lead dynamic; funny, warm moments | Cons: uneven tone; hard to connect; some underdeveloped characters
Themes
- france
- training camp
- forest
- survivalist
- military
- young adult
Awards & recognition
- Lumière Award — Best Male Revelation · 2015
- César Award — Best Actress · 2015 · nominated
Cast & crew
Adèle Haenel
as Madeleine Beaulieu
Kévin Azaïs
as Arnaud Labrède
Antoine Laurent
as Manu Labrède
Brigitte Roüan
as Hélène Labrède
William Lebghil
as Xavier
- TB
Thibaut Berducat
as Victor
Nicolas Wanczycki
as Lieutenant Schliefer
Frédéric Pellegeay
as Recruteur
Steve Tientcheu
as Adjudant Ruiz
Franc Bruneau
as Le conseiller funéraire
Directed by Thomas Cailley