Partir Un Jour
Sep 17 - 8:00 PM
Opening Night - Partir un Jour
Genre: French Drama-Comedy
A film by Amélie Bonnin
Screenplay Amélie Bonnin et Dimitri Lucas
Cast: Juliette Armanet, Bastien Bouillon, François Rollin, Tewfik Jallab, Dominique Blanc de la Comédie Française, Mhamed Arezki, Pierre-Antoine Billon, Amandine Dewasmes.
Duration: 98 minutes
🇺🇸 Cécile (Juliette Armanet) is about to open her own gourmet restaurant, finally making her dream come true, when her father suffers a heart attack. She is called back to her small hometown, far from the bustling life of Paris. There, she unexpectedly reconnects with her teenage crush (Bastien Bouillon). As memories resurface, her certainties begin to unravel...
🇫🇷 Cécile (Juliette Armanet) est sur le point d’ouvrir son propre restaurant gastronomique, réalisant enfin son rêve, lorsque son père est victime d’une crise cardiaque. Elle retourne alors dans sa petite ville natale, loin de l’effervescence parisienne. Là-bas, elle retrouve par hasard son amour de jeunesse (Bastien Bouillon). Au fil des souvenirs qui refont surface, ses certitudes commencent peu à peu à vaciller…
About Amélie Bonnin
After studying graphic design in Paris and Montreal, Amélie Bonnin trained as a screenwriter at La Fémis in Paris. Depending on the project, she uses the tools of writing, video filming and drawing to create stories. She has directed two documentaries, La Mélodie du Boucher (ARTE) and La Bande des Français (France 3, co-directed with Aurélie Charon). In 2021 she wrote and directed Partir Un Jour, her first short fiction film, a musical, starring Bastien Bouillon and Juliette Armanet among others, winner of a Cesar Award in 2023 for Best Short film, as well as several festival awards. In parallel with her projects as screenwriter-director, she continues her work as Head Graphic Designer, notably responsible for the layout of the magazine, La Déferlante.
About Juliette Armanet
Juliette Armanet is a French singer, songwriter, and pianist celebrated for bringing a fresh, emotional depth to French pop music. With her poetic lyrics, retro-chic style, and powerful stage presence, she has become one of the defining voices of modern chanson. Her critically acclaimed debut album Petite amie won her a Victoire de la Musique and established her as a standout artist in the European music scene. Her follow-up album, Brûler le feu, topped the charts in France and solidified her place as a major figure in contemporary French music, blending disco, piano ballads, and lyrical intensity. In 2024, Armanet captivated a global audience with a moving performance of John Lennon’s “Imagine” on a Seine River at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games. That same year, she delivered a stunning rendition of Michel Legrand’s Les Moulins de mon cœur at the Cannes Film Festival, earning praise for her graceful homage to French cinematic and musical heritage. Alongside her music career, Armanet has begun exploring film, starring in the César-winning short Partir un jour. Partir un jour marks her first leading role in a feature film.
