Chinese Puzzle

Dec 4, 2013

1h 57m

★ 6.6

Overview

Xavier is a 40-year-old father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can't bear them growing up far away from him and so he decides to move there as well.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Opposite Field Pictures

Belgacom

StudioCanal

Panache Productions

La Compagnie Cinématographique

Ce qui me meut motion pictures

Chinese Puzzle Trailers

Cast

Xavier Rousseau

Romain Duris

Martine

Audrey Tautou

Isabelle

Cécile de France

Wendy

Kelly Reilly

Sandrine Holt

Isabelle

Flore Bonaventura

les philosophes allemands

Jochen Hägele

Xavier's Dad

Benoît Jacquot

Xavier's Mom

Martine Demaret

Nancy

Li Jun Li

l'éditeur

Dominique Besnehard

M. Boubaker

Zinedine Soualem

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