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Plot: Audrey Tautou (star of Amélie) shimmers like a born movie star in Happenstance. A woman on the morning train tells Tautou that the full moon will lead her to her soulmate; from there, ...( read more  )>Happenstance follows a marvelous interlocking series of events, in which little things (like whether or not a young museum guard eats a piece of chocolate) affect bigger ones (like whether or not an adulterous husband will tell his wife the truth). The numerous characters intersect with each other's lives, creating a web of coincidences that finally catches Tautou like a hapless fly. This could have been cloying and forced, but the writing and directing are so deft and subtle that the coincidences of Happenstance feel natural and compelling. A sweet and hopeful movie, with excellent performance all around, but Tautou's wide-open eyes leap out of her every scene, hypnotic and charming. --Bret Fetzer

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  Audrey Tautou
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  Faudel
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  Eric Savin
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  Nathalie Besançon
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  Lysiane Meis
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  Irène Ismaïloff

• Rated: (R)
• Directed by: Laurent Firode
• Genres: Art House & International, Drama, Comedy
• Released: June 21, 2000
• DVD Released: April 23, 2002

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