Partir un jour

Partir un jour is a French short film directed by Amélie Bonnin and released in 2021.

The director later adapted this film into a feature-length movie with the English title Leave One Day which premiered at the opening of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.

Julien has just published his first novel. As a soon-to-be father, he returns to Calvados to help his parents move since his father decided to retire. While doing the grocery shopping at the supermarket, he runs into Caroline, a childhood friend who is also pregnant and works as a cashier at the supermarket. They meet up that same evening for an outing to the municipal swimming pool. The unspoken words from the past take shape.

• Bastien Bouillon as Julien Beguin
• Juliette Armanet as Caroline
• François Rollin as Julien's father
• Lorella Cravotta as Julien's mother
• Mélodie Lauret as Backup singer

This short film is a musical, incorporating songs performed by the actors into the action, notably:

• by 2Be3, which gave its title to this film;
• L'Encre de tes yeux by Francis Cabrel;
• Bye bye by Ménélik, performed by Juliette Armanet and Bastien Bouillon;
• Tu m'oublieras by Régine Zylberberg, performed by Juliette Armanet and Bastien Bouillon.

• Festival Off-Courts 2021: Audience Award for Region Normandy^[1]
• Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2022: Audience Award^[2]
• Pantin Short Film Festival 2022: Best Actor Award for Bastien Bouillon^[3]
• César Awards 2023: Best Fiction Short Film^[4]

• Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur 2021^[5]

• Lucile Gautier, Partir un jour in brefcinema

• Film page on the production company's website.
• Partir un jour at IMDb