Five Times Two

Five Times Two is a French drama about Marion and Gilles, a couple whose marriage has just ended. The film tells their story in five episodes presented in reverse order, beginning with their divorce and working backwards through the key moments of their life together. These include a dinner with friends, the birth of their first child, their wedding day, and the holiday in Italy where they first met. By moving backwards, the film traces how a relationship that began with an encounter on a beach resort eventually reached its breaking point. Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Stéphane Freiss play Marion and Gilles, with supporting roles from Françoise Fabian, Michael Lonsdale, Géraldine Pailhas and Antoine Chappey.

François Ozon directed and co-wrote the screenplay with Emmanuèle Bernheim. It was the sixth of the twenty films he has directed to date, following Swimming Pool and preceding Angel. The film received a critics' rating of 6.5 out of 10 from 68 reviews. On IMDb it holds 6.6 out of 10 from around 11,000 votes, while on TMDB it has 6.4 out of 10 from 181 votes, so audience responses are broadly in line with critical ones. Made in France by France 2 Cinéma, FOZ and Fidélité Productions, it runs 90 minutes and took about 7 million dollars worldwide.