Love at First Fight

Winner
Grand Prize Critics Week ~ Fipresci Award
Cannes Film Festival
Rejuvenating the romantic comedy through its unusual premise…[the] film is also buoyed by its enormously appealing leads.

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Love at First Fight

Arnaud, facing an uncertain future and a dearth of choices in a small French coastal town, meets and falls for the apocalyptic-minded Madeleine, who joins an army boot camp to learn military and survival skills to prepare for the upcoming environmental collapse. Intrigued and excited by Madeleine’s wild ideas, Arnaud signs up for the boot camp himself. They both soon realize that the boot camp is harder than they’d imagined, but the experience nonetheless cements them together as the young couple continue to explore their young love.

“Witty… a guaranteed crowd-pleaser!”
– Hollywood Reporter

“Punchy lead performances.”
– Peter Debruge, Variety
Not Rated
Genre
Romantic Comedy
Runtime
98
Language
French
Director
Thomas Cailley
Cast
Adèle Haenel, Kévin Azaïs
Awards:
Winner, Grand Prize Critics Week ~ Fipresci Award, Cannes Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader

A twentysomething slacker who's just starting to assume responsibilities at his family's construction business falls hard for a grad-school dropout who believes that civilization is on the brink of collapse. When she enlists in an army boot camp to learn survival skills, he follows suit in hope of ...

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