Twice Upon a Time (miniseries)
2019 French miniseries
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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]
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Nathalie Leuthreau
| Twice Upon a Time | |
|---|---|
Promotional poster | |
| 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 |
Plot
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]
Cast
- Gaspard Ulliel as Vincent Dauda
- Freya Mavor as Louise Arron
- Patrick d'Assumçao as André
- Jonathan Manzambi as Livreur
- Steve Tran as Than
- Claire Sermonne as Nadège
- Richard Dillane as David Arron
- Jonathan Couzinié as Romain
- Sacha Canuyt as Stanley
- Yves Cape as François
- Steve Whiteley as James
- Marie Gaillet as Chloé
- Yvan Delatour as Jordan
- Esteban Carvajal Alegria as Thibault
- Sylvain Creuzevault as Alexis
- Eva Ionesco as Annie Arron
- Alaa Safi as Nordine
- Paul Bandey as the English doctor
- Lukas Ionesco as Clément
- Émile Berling as Raphaël
- Julianne Binard as Sophie
- Éric Viellard as Franck Rivière
- Aurélia Thierrée as Madam Reverty
- Anthony Paliotti a Stéphane
- Magali Heu as Claire
- Thomas Rodriguez as Jordan
- Juliette Joy Anquetil as Gwen
Production
Casting
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
Filming started on 29 January 2018 and ended on 6 April 2018.[16][5] Shooting took place in Paris, London, Bordeaux, and Iceland.[3]
Release
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]