Chinese Puzzle
A devoted father uproots his chaotic life and flies to New York to reunite with his children, only to confront the tangled challenges of love, career and cross‑cultural chaos that threaten keeping his family together.
Synopsis
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.
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Principal cast & crew: 20
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Edited by Anne Sophie BionShot by Natasha BraierScored by Christophe MinckDesigned by Roshelle Berliner
Box Office
2013 · Box office
Grossed $17.0M worldwide
Worldwide gross
$17.0M
Also known as
- Beziehungsweise New Yorkde
- Chinese Puzzleen
- Nueva vida en Nueva Yorkes
- Rompicapo a New Yorkit
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Cast & Crew
20 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Romain Duris
as Xavier Rousseau
Audrey Tautou
as Martine
Cecile De France
as Isabelle
Kelly Reilly
as Wendy
Sandrine Holt
as Ju
Flore Bonaventura
as Isabelle de Groote - la babysitter
Jochen Hagele
as Hegel et Schopenhauer - les philosophes allemands
Benoit Jacquot
as Monsieur Rousseau - le père de Xavier
Pablo Mugnier Jacob
as Tom Rousseau
Margaux Mansart
as Mia Rousseau
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1Producers
2Other crew
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