''Twice Upon A Time'' (French: ''Il était une seconde fois'') is a four-part French

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drama miniseries first broadcast in 2019, directed by

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, starring

Gaspard Ulliel Gaspard Thomas Ulliel (; 25 November 198419 January 2022) was a French actor and model. He was known for having portrayed the young Hannibal Lecter in ''Hannibal Rising'' (2007), fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent in the biopic '' Saint Laure ...

and

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. The miniseries was broadcast in France via the network

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on 29 August 2019. It was released in the United States on

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on 19 December 2019. ''Twice Upon A Time'' was the second collaboration between director Guillaume Nicloux and actor Gaspard Ulliel, the first was the 2018 war film ''

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''.

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

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, which takes him back to Louise's side, before they split up.

Cast

as Vincent Dauda *

as Louise Arron *

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as André * Jonathan Manzambi as Livreur * Steve Tran as Than * Claire Sermonne as Nadège *

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as David Arron *

Jonathan Couzinié Jonathan may refer to: *Jonathan (name), a masculine given name Media * ''Jonathan'' (1970 film), a German film directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer * ''Jonathan'' (2016 film), a German film directed by Piotr J. Lewandowski * ''Jonathan'' (2018 ...

as Romain * Sacha Canuyt as Stanley *

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as François * Steve Whiteley as James * Marie Gaillet as Chloé * Yvan Delatour as Jordan * Esteban Carvajal Alegria as Thibault * Sylvain Creuzevault as Alexis *

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as Annie Arron * Alaa Safi as Nordine *

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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

was announced as the male lead on 18 September 2017.

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was announced as the female lead on 26 December 2017. Martin's name was still listed in casting calls until 5 January 2018.

replaced Martin on 18 January 2018, a week before filming started.

Filming

Filming started on 29 January 2018 and ended on 6 April 2018. Shooting took place in Paris, London, Bordeaux, and Iceland.

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. All of the four episodes of the miniseries were screened at the

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on 12 February 2019. The miniseries aired on the French TV channel

on 29 August 2019, and was made available for streaming in full on arte.tv from August 22 to 26 October 2019. It was released in the United States through

on 19 December 2019.

References

External links

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