After the success of her César-winning short film, director Amélie Bonnin makes her feature debut with Leave One Day, a sensitive and original musical drama coming soon to San Francisco and Mountain View thanks to French Premiere.
Just as Cécile, a star chef and winner of Top Chef, is about to open her dream restaurant in Paris, a phone call upends everything. Her father’s heart attack brings her back to her hometown, where she reconnects with her first love, buried memories, and the roots she thought she had left behind for good.
Starring Juliette Armanet in her first leading film role alongside Bastien Bouillon, Leave One Day delicately explores themes of family legacy, returning home, life choices, and second chances — all set to live-performed songs and a nostalgic, heartfelt soundtrack.
Balancing emotional restraint, musical levity, and social realism, Amélie Bonnin masterfully portrays the complexity of family and romantic ties, especially at the pivotal age of forty — when certainties begin to shift.
This is a must-see for lovers of French cinema grounded in real life, intimate storytelling, and the poetic power of popular music. As the director herself puts it: “My film is about the people, places, and things we can never truly leave behind.”
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Cinemark Century – 1500 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View
Reserve hereThursday, September 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Marina Theatre – 2149 Chestnut Street, San Francisco
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🎬 All films are screened in French with English subtitles
