{{Short description|2025 film by Amélie Bonnin}} {{Infobox film | name = | image = Leave One Day.jpg | alt = | caption = Poster | based_on = {{based on|''Bye Bye''|Amélie Bonnin}} | native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|Partir un jour}} | director = Amélie Bonnin | producer = {{plainlist| *Bastian Daret *Arthur Goisset *Robin Robles *Sylvie Pialat *Benoît Quainon}} | writer = {{plainlist| *Amélie Bonnin *Dimitri Lucas}} | starring = {{plainlist| *Juliette Armanet *Bastien Bouillon}} | music = | cinematography = David Cailley | editing = Héloïse Pelloquet | studio = {{plainlist| *Les Films du Worso *Topshot Films}} | distributor = Pathé | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2025|05|13|Cannes}} | runtime = 94 minutes | country = France | language = French | budget = | gross = $5.3 million }}
'''''Leave One Day''''' ({{langx|fr|'''Partir un jour'''}}) is a 2025 French musical comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Amélie Bonnin in her feature directorial debut. It was based on her 2021 short film ''Partir un jour'', which won the César Award for Best Fiction Short Film at the 48th ceremony. It stars Juliette Armanet, Bastien Bouillon, François Rollin, Tewfik Jallab, Dominique Blanc, Mhamed Arezki, Pierre-Antoine Billon, and Amandine Dewasmes.
The film had its world premiere as the Opening Film of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on 13 May 2025 and was released theatrically in France on the same day by Pathé.
==Premise== A rising chef must return to her hometown after her father suffers a heart attack then gets reunited with her teenage crush.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theplaylist.net/leave-one-day-trailer-amelie-bonnins-romantic-musical-opens-the-2025-cannes-film-festival-20250424|title='Leave One Day' Trailer: Amélie Bonnin's Romantic Musical Opens The 2025 Cannes Film Festival|work=The Playlist|date=24 April 2025|accessdate=13 May 2025|first=Ned|last=Booth|archive-date=24 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250424155441/https://theplaylist.net/leave-one-day-trailer-amelie-bonnins-romantic-musical-opens-the-2025-cannes-film-festival-20250424/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Cast== *Juliette Armanet as Cécile *Bastien Bouillon as Raphaël *François Rollin as Gérard *Tewfik Jallab as Sofiane *Dominique Blanc as Fanfan *Mhamed Arezki as Heddy *Pierre-Antoine Billon as Richard *Amandine Dewasmes as Nathalie
==Production== Principal photography took place from 3 June to 17 July 2024 in Strasbourg, Colmar, and Saint-Dizier, France.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/463009/|title=Shoot about to start for Amélie Bonnin's ''Bye Bye''|work=Cineuropa|date=31 May 2024|accessdate=13 May 2025|first=Fabien|last=Lemercier|archive-date=2 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902191428/https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/463009/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Release== ''Leave One Day'' had its world premiere as the opening film at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, making it the first directorial debut film to open the festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/video/trailer-cannes-opening-film-leave-one-day/|title='Leave One Day' Trailer: Mystery Movie Making History As First Debut Film To Open Cannes|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=24 April 2025|accessdate=13 May 2025|first=Melanie|last=Goodfellow|archive-date=25 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250425193923/https://deadline.com/video/trailer-cannes-opening-film-leave-one-day/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/features/cannes-2025-line-up-guide-competition-and-out-of-competition-titles/5204485.article|title=Cannes Film Festival 2025 line-up guide: Competition and Out Of Competition titles|work=Screen International|date=6 May 2025|accessdate=13 May 2025}}</ref> It was released theatrically in France on the same day by Pathé.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sortiraparis.com/loisirs/cinema/articles/320269-partir-un-jour-d-amelie-bonnin-avec-juliette-armanet-film-d-ouverture-du-festival-de-cannes-2025|title=Partir un Jour d'Amélie Bonnin avec Juliette Armanet, film d'ouverture du Festival de Cannes 2025|work=Sortira Paris|author=Julie|date=24 April 2025|accessdate=13 May 2025}}</ref> It was also screened in Open Air Premiere Programme at the 31st Sarajevo Film Festival in August 2025.<ref name="openair:hr">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sarajevo-film-festival-open-air-program-2025-dreams-1236336644/ |title='Dreams,' 'Sentimental Value' Among Sarajevo Film Festival's Open Air Lineup|first=Georg|last=Szalai|website= The Hollywood Reporter |date=4 August 2025 |access-date=4 August 2025|lang=en}}</ref> It will also be showcased at the 53rd Norwegian International Film Festival in Main Programme section on 17 August 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmfestivalen.no/f/leave-one-day/1087 |title= Leave One Day|date=31 July 2025|access-date=3 August 2025|website= Norwegian International Film Festival |language=en}}</ref>
==Reception==
=== Box office === The film had 651k admissions at the French box office,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-01-07 |title=Five national films record over a million ticket sales in France in 2025 |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/487293/ |access-date=2026-01-08 |website=Cineuropa - the best of european cinema |language=en}}</ref> grossing $5.3 million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leave One Day |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt35453969/ |access-date=2026-01-08 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>
===Critical response=== On the French review aggregator AlloCiné, the film has an average review score of 3.6 out of 5 based on 34 critics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=1000001896.html|title=Partir un Jour|work=AlloCiné|access-date=5 August 2025}}</ref> {{Rotten Tomatoes prose|57||28|consensus=|ref=yes|access-date=5 August 2025}} {{Metacritic film prose|41|10|ref=yes|access-date=5 August 2025}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|tt35453969}} *{{Rotten Tomatoes|m/partir_un_jour}}
Category:2025 directorial debut films Category:2025 drama films Category:2025 films Category:2025 musical films Category:2025 romantic comedy films Category:2025 French-language films Category:2025 French films Category:Jukebox musical films Category:Features based on short films Category:Films shot in Strasbourg Category:Pathé films