Twice Upon a Time | |
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French | Il était une seconde fois |
Genre |
Drama
[1] Sci-Fi [2] Thriller [3] Romance [2] |
Created by | Guillaume Nicloux |
Written by | Guillaume Nicloux Nathalie Leuthreau |
Directed by | Guillaume Nicloux |
Starring |
Gaspard Ulliel Freya Mavor Patrick d'Assumçao Richard Dillane Claire Sermonne Eva Ionesco Alaa Safi Steve Tran Julianne Binard Émile Berling Sylvain Creuzevault Juliette Anquetil |
Composer | Julia Kent |
Country of origin | France |
Original languages | French English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 4 |
Production | |
Producers |
Bruno Nahon Caroline Nataf |
Cinematography | Yves Cape |
Running time | 52 minutes [4] [3] |
Production companies | Unité de Production Arte France |
Original release | |
Network | Arte |
Release | 29 August 2019 |
Twice Upon A Time (French: Il était une seconde fois) is a four-part French sci-fi drama miniseries first broadcast in 2019, directed by Guillaume Nicloux, [5] starring Gaspard Ulliel and Freya Mavor. [6] [4] [3] The miniseries was broadcast in France via the network Arte on 29 August 2019. [1] It was released in the United States on Netflix on 19 December 2019. [7] Twice Upon A Time was the second collaboration between director Guillaume Nicloux and actor Gaspard Ulliel, the first was the 2018 war film To the Ends of the World. [8] [9]
Vincent Dauda, in his thirties, dreams of winning back his ex, Louise. He's grief-stricken and driven to despair, kisses the break-up goodbye with nocturnal parties, ephemeral affairs... until the day when a delivery man gives him a parcel he never ordered. A strange box, without any bottom, through which he can time travel, which takes him back to Louise's side, before they split up. [5]
Gaspard Ulliel was announced as the male lead on 18 September 2017. [10] Stacy Martin was announced as the female lead on 26 December 2017. [11] Martin's name was still listed in casting calls until 5 January 2018. [12] [13] Freya Mavor replaced Martin on 18 January 2018, [14] [15] a week before filming started. [16]
Filming started on 29 January 2018 and ended on 6 April 2018. [16] [5] Shooting took place in Paris, London, Bordeaux, and Iceland. [3]
On February 11, 2019, it was announced that Federation Entertainment had acquired worldwide rights to the series. Federation holds worldwide rights to the series outside Germany and German-speaking territories. [17]
All of the four episodes of the miniseries were screened at the Berlin International Film Festival on 12 February 2019. [18] [19]
The miniseries aired on the French TV channel Arte on 29 August 2019, [1] and was made available for streaming in full on arte.tv from August 22 to 26 October 2019. [20] It was released in the United States through Netflix on 19 December 2019. [7]
Twice Upon a Time | |
---|---|
French | Il était une seconde fois |
Genre |
Drama
[1] Sci-Fi [2] Thriller [3] Romance [2] |
Created by | Guillaume Nicloux |
Written by | Guillaume Nicloux Nathalie Leuthreau |
Directed by | Guillaume Nicloux |
Starring |
Gaspard Ulliel Freya Mavor Patrick d'Assumçao Richard Dillane Claire Sermonne Eva Ionesco Alaa Safi Steve Tran Julianne Binard Émile Berling Sylvain Creuzevault Juliette Anquetil |
Composer | Julia Kent |
Country of origin | France |
Original languages | French English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 4 |
Production | |
Producers |
Bruno Nahon Caroline Nataf |
Cinematography | Yves Cape |
Running time | 52 minutes [4] [3] |
Production companies | Unité de Production Arte France |
Original release | |
Network | Arte |
Release | 29 August 2019 |
Twice Upon A Time (French: Il était une seconde fois) is a four-part French sci-fi drama miniseries first broadcast in 2019, directed by Guillaume Nicloux, [5] starring Gaspard Ulliel and Freya Mavor. [6] [4] [3] The miniseries was broadcast in France via the network Arte on 29 August 2019. [1] It was released in the United States on Netflix on 19 December 2019. [7] Twice Upon A Time was the second collaboration between director Guillaume Nicloux and actor Gaspard Ulliel, the first was the 2018 war film To the Ends of the World. [8] [9]
Vincent Dauda, in his thirties, dreams of winning back his ex, Louise. He's grief-stricken and driven to despair, kisses the break-up goodbye with nocturnal parties, ephemeral affairs... until the day when a delivery man gives him a parcel he never ordered. A strange box, without any bottom, through which he can time travel, which takes him back to Louise's side, before they split up. [5]
Gaspard Ulliel was announced as the male lead on 18 September 2017. [10] Stacy Martin was announced as the female lead on 26 December 2017. [11] Martin's name was still listed in casting calls until 5 January 2018. [12] [13] Freya Mavor replaced Martin on 18 January 2018, [14] [15] a week before filming started. [16]
Filming started on 29 January 2018 and ended on 6 April 2018. [16] [5] Shooting took place in Paris, London, Bordeaux, and Iceland. [3]
On February 11, 2019, it was announced that Federation Entertainment had acquired worldwide rights to the series. Federation holds worldwide rights to the series outside Germany and German-speaking territories. [17]
All of the four episodes of the miniseries were screened at the Berlin International Film Festival on 12 February 2019. [18] [19]
The miniseries aired on the French TV channel Arte on 29 August 2019, [1] and was made available for streaming in full on arte.tv from August 22 to 26 October 2019. [20] It was released in the United States through Netflix on 19 December 2019. [7]