Life Doesn't Scare Me (1999)
"La vie ne me fait pas peur" (original title)

Director:

Noémie Lvovsky

Writers:

Noémie Lvovsky, Florence Seyvos

Stars:

Magali Woch, Ingrid Molinier, Julie-Marie Parmentier

7 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Magali Woch	...	Emilie
Ingrid Molinier	...	Inès
Julie-Marie Parmentier	...	Stella
Camille Rousselet	...	Marion
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi	...	Emilie's Mother
Jean-Luc Bideau	...	Emilie's Father
Valérie Mairesse
Marina Tomé	...	Inès' Mother (as Marina Rodriguez-Tomé)
Jacques Spiesser
Luis Rego	...	Inès' Father
Marie-Armelle Deguy
Jean-Quentin Châtelain
Emmanuelle Devos
Nelly Borgeaud
Eric Caravaca

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

paris france | 1980s | mental illness | animated sequence | 1970s | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

France Switzerland

Language:

French Italian Spanish

Release Date:

18 August 1999 (France)

Also Known As:

Life Doesn't Scare Me

Company Credits

Production Co:

Arena Films, Canal+, La Sept-Arte

Technical Specs

Runtime:

111 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows Les années lycée: Petites (1997)

User Reviews

Life is good !

The title "Life doesn't scare me" tells a lot about this movie. We follow how four ordinary little girls, then teenage girls (the movie took several years to shoot so the actresses could grow up), learn about life, love and all that sort of things. There is no real storyline, but an elaborate patchwork of scenes where we see them turn into adults, become fully (or not so fully) conscious of what they are and of what they love. Everyone can relate to them in some way or another and, though the movie is set in France at the end of the 70's, I suppose it's quite universal. Many scenes, particularly those involving their relationships with this strange species known as "boys" are delightfully funny and so true (and of the kind you'll never find in "college comedies"...), and may bring back lots of memories. The soundtrack and the many fantasy/musical scenes help a lot too. Not so sweet, not so hard, but good enough, this is real life.