"Coup de Chance," in fact, was released only in a handful theaters in the states; produced by a French studio, it lies in the bog of streaming, barely discoverable. Once working with a who’s who of Hollywood, Allen’s 50th film as a director (!) features no one you know.

Allen has weathered diminished fandom for his movies in recent years, not least because of controversy over allegations made by his former partner Mia Farrow, all of which he has long denied. He said of the prospect of being “cancelled” in the same interview:

When Woody Allen talks about the directors he seeks to emulate or merely copy from, he is likely to mention Ingmar, Federico, and maybe Jean (as in Renoir).

Woody Allen's Coup de Chance currently holds the highest Rotten Tomatoes score of any of his films since 2013's Blue Jasmine.

Woody Allen 's "Coup de Chance," his best-reviewed film in years, is the 50th feature from the filmmaker who denies talk that this effervescent rom-com which turns suddenly lethal will be his last film.