AFFF26 Leave One Day

AFFF26 Leave One Day

AFFF26 Leave One Day

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Making waves in 2025 as the first-ever debut feature selected to open the Cannes Film Festival, Amélie Bonnin’s joyously entertaining musical romance stars breakout singer/songwriter Juliette Armanet as a talented Parisian chef forced to reconnect with her small-town upbringing during an unexpected trip home.

Cécile (Armanet) – a fan-favourite Top Chef winner – is about to finally realise her dream and open her own restaurant when her father, the cook at a small rural truck stop, falls unwell. Cécile must deal with a return to her roots that is more complicated than she imagined; when she runs into her teenage first love (César Awardwinner, Bastien Bouillon), old memories and sensations resurface... and then her fiancé, who senses something’s wrong, shows up.

Evocatively depicting regional France and the complications of family life with tenderness and wit, LEAVE ONE DAY interweaves music naturally into the story, blending several classics with more recent hits by artists such as Stromae and Céline Dion. Armanet, herself one of France’s most popular contemporary artists, performed John Lennon’s “Imagine” during the Paris Olympic Games’ opening ceremony and proves to be a shining discovery in this warm-hearted and completely endearing gem.


Best Performance Award: Juliette Armanet – Malaga Francophone Film Festival 2025.

Official selection - Festival de Cannes 2025

Rating: M
Runtime: 98 mins

Session Times

Eastend Cinemas
Mon, Mar 23:
18:20

Wed, Mar 25:
13:30

Sat, Mar 28:
13:15

Thu, Apr 2:
15:40

Tue, Apr 7:
19:40

Wed, Apr 8:
15:40

Thu, Apr 9:
16:00

Sun, Apr 12:
15:50

Tue, Apr 14:
20:00

Thu, Apr 16:
15:40

Sat, Apr 18:
13:30

Prospect Cinemas
Fri, Mar 20:
18:00

Fri, Mar 27:
15:40

Sun, Mar 29:
13:50

Wed, Apr 15:
20:20

Fri, Apr 17:
15:45

Festival Highlights

CTC During Kabul’s fall in 2021, a commander and a young translator race against time to evacuate hundreds from the French Embassy.
M A widowed man and woman meet by chance in Deauville and slowly fall in love as they navigate their shared grief.
CTC After twenty years in a convent, Sister Lucie sets off on a wild road trip to save her teenage sweetheart.
CTC Psychiatrist Lilian Steiner refuses to believe her patient’s death was suicide and launches her own investigation.
MA15 In the 1980s, a mother and her 13-year-old daughter are thrown into fear and stigma after the girl’s mysterious tattoo suggests possible infection.
M An elderly woman hides her plan for assisted suicide by taking her family on a trip where long-buried truths come to light.
M An internal affairs investigator digs into a protest injury case and soon finds herself up against a police system determined to protect its own.
M Four former classmates reunite after a stange tragedy, forcing them to confront their past, their illusions, and the people they’ve become.
M Four distant cousins explore an inherited house and uncover the story of a 19th-century woman, triggering their own journey into family roots and legacy.
CTC During Paris Fashion Week, three very different women form an unexpected bond as they each face major turning points in their lives.