5x2

Nobody does existential suffering quite like the French and in Francois Ozon's 5x2 he dissects the marriage of a couple, Marion (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi) and Gilles (Stephane Freiss) in five distinct stages. The film starts with Gilles and Marion signing their divorce papers and Ozon uses this basis to work backwards in the couple's relationship, picking out defining moments in their union - from their first meeting to infidelities - which is, as we already know, destined to fail.