
September the 1st, 2001. Elliot, an American C.I.A. agent holding top secret information on the immediate future of the world, disappears. His sole aim was to meet his daughter Orlando, whom he abandoned ten years before. Irène, a French agent who used to work with him, and David, his adoptive son, will help him and lead the girl to her father. Chased by William Pound, a strangely poetic psycho, they will defy the dangers of international espionage from Paris to Venice and f... (Full plot summary below)
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September the 1st, 2001. Elliot, an American C.I.A. agent holding top secret information on the immediate future of the world, disappears. His sole aim was to meet his daughter Orlando, whom he abandoned ten years before. Irène, a French agent who used to work with him, and David, his adoptive son, will help him and lead the girl to her father. Chased by William Pound, a strangely poetic psycho, they will defy the dangers of international espionage from Paris to Venice and finally get to Elliot on September the 11th 2001.
Leave your thoughts about A Few Days in September.
| Filmcritic.comChristopher NullA lot of dumb things have been said about 9/11. This might be the dumbest yet. |
| Daily Telegraph (UK)David GrittenNo film starring Juliette Binoche can be totally negligible, but this comes close. |
| BBC.comDavid MattinA Few Days in September is that rarest and most peculiar of creatures: a French arthouse action thriller. |
| Empire MagazinePatrick PetersAn inventive idea is let down by a weak script. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid NusairGenerally interesting but only sporadically compelling... |
| Total FilmDavid JenkinsAn intriguing set-up spoiled by a clever-clever script, Christophe Beaucarne's migraine-inducing cinematography and performances which are decent, but never gel. |
| Sky CinemaRob DanielAmigorena has an eye for off-kilter camerawork and attractively shoots Paris and Venice as Binoche and the two twenty-somethings flee Turturro, but its existentialist musings and breezy road movie charm are no replacement for espionage movie brains. |
| Film4Billy MowbraySacrificing entertainment at the altar of arty lyricism, Amigorena's snail-paced drama is dull, misjudged and a criminal waste of a cracking premise. |
| User ReviewJonny CA delicious sashay of a movie that can't quite make up its mind what it is: film noir, romantic comedy, espionage thriller, teen tease or spoof of them all. Yet somehow it holds together. Brittle, quirky dialog. Turturro is hilarious as a CIA assassin undergoing on-the-job cellphone therapy. Benoit is incomparable, of course. Nolte is Nolte but his gravitas gives the film work boots. |
| User ReviewEmre Astill and intense, my eyes didn't flicker once. excellent performances. |