Juste une question d'amour (2000) (TV)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

Christian Faure

Writers:

Christian Faure (adaptation)
Annick Larboulette (head writer)

Release Date:

26 January 2000 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Est-ce qu'on aime vraiment nos enfants autant qu'on le prétend?

Plot Keywords:

Poetry | Gay Lead Character | Gay Kiss | Rejection | Student

Cast

Cyrille Thouvenin	...	Laurent
Stéphan Guérin-Tillié	...	Cédric
Eva Darlan	...	Emma
Danièle Denie	...	Jeanne
Idwig Stephane	...	Pierre
Caroline Veyt	...	Carole
Laurence César	...	Martine
Jean-Pierre Valère	...	Georges
Raphaëlle Lubansu	...	Noëlle (as Raphaëlle Bruneau)
Jean-Baptiste Lefèvre	...	Didier
Aurélie Godichal	...	Marine
Jonathan Fox	...	Alain
Marcel Dossogne	...	M. Bermand
Bruno Georis	...	Médecin Emma
Diego Vanhoute	...	Mathieu

Also Known As:

Just a Question of Love (International: English title)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

France | Belgium

Language:

French

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Netherlands:12

Company:

Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)

Trivia:

Watched by 6.3 million viewers, a very high score (28.6% market share), when first shown in prime time (9 pm) on French public network France 2. In the following two weeks, the network only received three protest letters, while both male stars got more than two thousand letters of praise each. Reviews had also been widely enthusiastic.

Quotes:

Cédric: I'm over feeling shame, now. I'm not ashamed to be with you.

so real, and very good acting!

Very impressive, well done. All the actors, actresses were very good at doing their parts.

There is one mistake that I found. I thought that whoever did the make up did an excellent job, especially on Laurent's mother Jeanne. She was so radiant when she was visiting her son, then she became so old after she learned that her son is gay. So after I finished watching the show, (I am surprised that it is not a movie.) I watched that chapter again. To my surprise, her hair was up when she was standing at the door. Then later on, when she was relaxed in the room, all of sudden, her hair was down again.

Everyone looks so natural, it doesn't seem as if they were acting. It is as if they were really people with real problems. I also like Cedric's mother - Emma, she reminds of someone that I know, very elegant.

This story is well written, it is not predictable as you watch from the beginning. And it seems that it could be just anyone's problem, whether it happened in France or in the US. There will always be parents like them, and sons like those two. And that is what is so great about this TV show, real life like story. well done!