Chinese Puzzle
2013 · Movie · R · 117 min · ★ 6.6 · 72% critics
A middle-aged father follows his children to New York after their mother relocates, determined to stay close despite the upheaval. As he tries to rebuild his life, he juggles work, housing, and legal hurdles while navigating a web of friendships, culture clashes, and messy relationship choices.
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Streaming on Cohen Media Channel.
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Details
- Original title
- Casse-Tête Chinois
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-12-04
- Language
- French
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Critic score
- 72/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (731 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a light, grown-up comedy-drama about family, friendship, and starting over in a new city, especially if you liked Romantics Anonymous; Not for you if you need fast pacing or big laughs throughout.
Pros: warm, relatable midlife humor; lively multicultural New York; likable returning characters | Cons: slow first half; contrived plot turns; uneven laughs and pacing
Themes
- friendship
- chinatown
- immigration
- family
- usa politics
- sham marriage
- frenchman abroad
Cast & crew
Romain Duris
as Xavier Rousseau
Audrey Tautou
as Martine
Cécile de France
as Isabelle
Kelly Reilly
as Wendy
Sandrine Holt
as Ju
Flore Bonaventura
as Isabelle
Jochen Hägele
as les philosophes allemands
Benoît Jacquot
as Xavier's Dad
Martine Demaret
as Xavier's Mom
Li Jun Li
as Nancy
Directed by Cédric Klapisch