LEAVE ONE DAY

Cécile is about to open her own gourmet restaurant, finally making her dream come true, when suddenly her father has a heart attack, and she is called back to the village where she was born. Far from the hubbub of Paris life, she runs into her teenage crush. The memories come flooding back, destabilizing her certainties. 

Unifrance 

• At its core, Leave One Day is a solid, fulfilling melodrama that might be hitting all the familiar notes, but does so with considerable gusto thanks foremost to a lovely turn from Armanet, who has a breezy, down-to-earth ambience akin to Camille Cottin. A strong supporting cast, including French cinema stalwart Dominique Blanc and an effectively mournful Bastien Bouillon, are charmingly irreverent, with the gruff Francois Rollin representing the dramatic foil with whom Cecile needs actual reconciliation.(…) …while not nearly approaching the heights of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) or Les Chansons d’Amour (2007), Bonnin’s recipe should certainly appeal to those prone to romantically inclined films allowing their female lead to retain her agency.
  Ion Cinema 

• …especially for a debut feature, the confident handling of the musical numbers and the visual language deserves recognition. Leave One Day makes for an amusing and tender addition to the genre of films exploring the timeless “what if” question but ultimately offers too few fresh ideas to truly stand out.
  The Upcoming 

• It’s warm, familiar, occasionally flat, sometimes fizzy. 
  What the Craggus Saw 

• Cannes International Film Festival –France, 2025 – Ouverture 
• Munich – International Film Festival –Germany, 2025 – Cinevision- Competition 
• Colombia French Film Festival Colombia, 2025 -Premieres