Chinese Puzzle
2013 · 117 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 15,518 VOTES · DIR. Cédric Klapisch
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,105 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:13 MY LIFE:
00:06:48 Tomato!
00:09:03 Then, this was my fault...
00:14:09 Never.
00:17:45 You spend the first half of life on the front side
00:20:42 Let me introduce Antoine Garceau.
00:28:14 If your English isn't impeccable
00:34:17 Excuse me, Monsieur!
00:41:50 Boy, am I jealous.
00:48:40 You speak Spanish!
00:52:51 He'd heard it was simple and organized.
00:56:39 I've obsessed about this meeting for months.
01:01:59 I'm not gonna spend my life...
01:13:54 or the New York of today I might know.
01:16:28 No matter why they eventually broke up.
01:19:52 Fuck!
01:22:08 Okay, bye.
01:25:20 Yeah, Ju's great. I really like her.
01:28:13 Let me help you.
01:30:39 We know each other inside out.
01:33:44 It's funny that you find life so complicated.
01:37:38 - Everything okay? - Yeah.
01:45:29 He likes feisty chicks.
01:49:44 It's our town! We're not gonna budge.
Cast & Characters
Romain Duris
Xavier Rousseau
Audrey Tautou
Martine
Cécile de France
Isabelle
Kelly Reilly
Wendy
Sandrine Holt
Ju
Flore Bonaventura
Isabelle de Groote - la babysitter
Jochen Hägele
Hegel et Schopenhauer - les philosophes allemands
Benoît Jacquot
Monsieur Rousseau - le père de Xavier
Pablo Mugnier-Jacob
Tom Rousseau
Margaux Mansart
Mia Rousseau
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,105
Dialogue density9.4 lines / min
First line00:02:13
Final line01:49:44
Production Record
DirectorCédric Klapisch
LanguageFrench
Revenue$16,968,297
IMDb votes15,518