On a Magical Night
About On a Magical Night
After 20 years of marriage, Maria decides to leave her husband. She moves into room 212 at the hotel across the street, with a bird’s-eye view of her apartment, her husband and the life she shared with him.
On a Magical Night is a 2019 comedy film directed by Christophe Honoré. Its themes are adultery, teacher student relationship, older woman younger man relationship, and magic realism.
Chiara Mastroianni appears as Maria Mortemart, Vincent Lacoste as Richard Warrimer 20 ans, Camille Cottin as Irène Haffner 40 ans, and Benjamin Biolay as Richard Warrimer 40 ans. At 88 minutes long, it arrived in October 2019.
The screenplay is by Christophe Honoré. In the United States it streams on Strand Releasing Amazon Channel.
Lost in Translation, Frantic, and Stolen Kisses make useful companions to On a Magical Night, all filed under hotel room and midlife crisis. TMDB voters put it at 6.2 out of 10 across 261 votes.