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Synopsis: In New York, an aspiring novelist has a cinq-a-sept affair with the beautiful wife of a French diplomat. Cultures, world views, personal ethics and dietary preferences clash as love deepens, with remarkable results. Romance, drama and comedy.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Victor Levin
Production: IFC Films
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
69%
R
Year:
2014
95 min
$117,066
Website
2,963 Views


Thank you,

but you're a man infatuated

and so nothing you say

can be believed.

What made you settle

in New York?

I married a diplomat

who was assigned here.

I mean, I wondered

if you'd been married.

What happened to him?

What do you mean?

The person

you were married to.

Were married to?

Well, I'm married to.

Well, nothing happened to him.

He works at

the French Consulate.

It's a few blocks from here.

So... so, you're married?

Of course,

what did you think?

I thought you

were... not married.

Why would you think that?

Why would I not think that?

For one thing, you don't

wear a wedding ring.

So American, you need

a signpost for everything

or you'll completely

lose your way.

It's not just Americans.

Many cultures have

indicators of marriage.

Rings, piercings, dots..

...designed to keep people

out of exactly this sort of..

...awkward situation.

Do you wish you were not

in that situation?

Oh, so we seem to be

mutually pursuing one another.

Yes, so?

Well, I, uh..

I would have thought

you'd mention...

Well, must everything

be mentioned?

Can nothing be culled from the subtext?

Well...

Do you not understand

the meaning of 5 to 7?

Was my confusion about 5 to 7

somehow unclear

because I thought I was

very clear about my confusion.

I thought you were kidding.

No. No.

I was actually confused.

And what did you think

I meant when I said

I was only free at those hours?

I thought you had

a very busy schedule

or you were unprepared

to spend the later

and definitionally sexier hour

with someone you hardly knew.

Oh... it was a code.

A code.

Un cinq a sept,

uh, a 5 to 7 relationship

is a relationship

outside of marriage.

Seriously the French actually

block out time for that?

No.

1 to 3 lunch,

3 to 5 conference call.

5 to 7 commit adultery.

Look...

Do you set aside time

to break other commandments?

Do you covet at 9:30? Worship

false idols from 10 to noon?

It's not literal.

It's an expression.

It re... refers to a time

in the evening

where a person's whereabouts

might naturally be

a little hazy.

Okay, I have a very good

French dictionary

and that is definitely

not in there.

No, it wouldn't be.

Now, back in the day

such things did tend to happen

from 5 to 7, I think.

But these days,

they happen all the time

but my husband and I,

we have found that..

...the original hours

work very well.

They provide a set window

and... clear boundaries.

I guess, that makes us

old-fashioned.

Yes, entirely.

So, your husband does this too?

He has a mistress.

Her name is Jane.

And you know her?

From time to time,

I see her at social functions.

Well, nothing

is ever flaunted

and so, no one

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