Spanish Apartment Trilogy: watch order

The movies in the series, sorted by release date. Total runtime: 6 h 8 min. Follow Xavier throughout the different stages of his life, from his student years in Barcelona to his start in the workforce, leading him from Paris to London via St Petersburg, before returning to Paris to be a father on his way to New York.

1. 
   Movie 1

   The Spanish Apartment (2002)

   2 h 2 min · ★ 7.1

   A strait-laced French student moves into an apartment in Barcelona with a cast of six other characters from all over Europe. Together, they speak the international language of love and friendship.

2. 
   Movie 2

   Russian Dolls (2005)

   2 h 9 min · ★ 6.6

   Five years after their summer together in Barcelona, Xavier, William, Wendy, Martine and Isabelle reunite.

3. 
   Movie 3

   Chinese Puzzle (2013)

   1 h 57 min · ★ 6.6

   Xavier is a 40-year-old father of two who still finds life very complicated. When the mother of his children moves to New York, he can't bear them growing up far away from him and so he decides to move there as well.