Chinese Puzzle

Chinese Puzzle

Part of Spanish Apartment Trilogy

2013•1h 57m•6.6/10

ComedyDramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.6/10(718)

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.

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Production

Opposite Field Pictures, Belgacom, StudioCanal, Panache Productions, La Compagnie Cinématographique, Ce qui me meut motion pictures

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Romain Duris

Romain Duris

Xavier Rousseau

Audrey Tautou

Audrey Tautou

Martine

Cécile de France

Cécile de France

Isabelle

Kelly Reilly

Kelly Reilly

Wendy

Sandrine Holt

Sandrine Holt

Ju

Flore Bonaventura

Flore Bonaventura

Isabelle

Jochen Hägele

Jochen Hägele

les philosophes allemands

Benoît Jacquot

Benoît Jacquot

Xavier's Dad

Martine Demaret

Martine Demaret

Xavier's Mom

Li Jun Li

Li Jun Li

Nancy

Dominique Besnehard

Dominique Besnehard

l'éditeur

Zinedine Soualem

Zinedine Soualem

M. Boubaker

Peter Hermann

Peter Hermann

John

Jason Kravits

Jason Kravits

Lawyer

Vanessa Guide

Vanessa Guide

Nurse

Kyan Khojandi

Kyan Khojandi

Antoine Garceau

Cédric Klapisch

Cédric Klapisch

le photographe (caméo)

Alex Kruz

Alex Kruz

Le deuxième mari Latino

Luis Vega

Luis Vega

Le mari latino

Pablo Mugnier-Jacob

Tom Rousseau

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