The Man I Love
(TV 1997)
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The Man I Love
(TV 1997)
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Jean-Michel Portal | ... |
Lucas
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Marcial Di Fonzo Bo | ... |
Martin
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| Mathilde Seigner | ... |
Lise
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Vittoria Scognamiglio | ... |
Rose
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Jacques Hansen | ... |
Père de Lucas
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Stéphane Lévêque | ... |
Mathieu
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Karim Lounis | ... |
Pablo
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Bernard Nissile | ... |
Millau
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Bruno Bonomo | ... |
Prêtre
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Stéphane Giusti | ... |
Jérôme
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Benjamin Sanchiarelli | ... |
Enfant aux fleurs
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Serguei Tourountsev | ... |
Doublure plongeon
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Nedjib Djebarri | ... |
Enfant piscine 1
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Louis Philippe Lopez | ... |
Enfant piscine 2
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Elisabeth Giusti | ... |
Infirmière Martin 1
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This is a combination coming out and first love story. The swimmer and diver Lucard is interested in attractive Martin. The film follows the characters' coming out with all its difficulties, the bitter-sweet pleasures of first love and the dreadful moment when one comes down to reality and realizes that one's beloved friend has a hard way to go yet. The positive message the film tries to transmit is the somewhat common motto "Live each day of your life as if it were your last." Written by Guy33134
"L'Homme que j'aime", which outside of France, is being shown as a theatrical movie at several festivals is an upbeat love story, albeit not your conventional love story. First, it is a gay love story. However, it is mainstream in that it is distributed by La Sept-Arte, and features Mathilde Seigner, one of France's most prolific youngish stars. This is a love story which conquers all. Seemingly unsurmountable difficulties are, at the end of the day, surmounted., and overall, the movie transmits a very positive message, unusual both in contemporary gay films and French films in general.