Ma femme est une actrice (2001)

Director:

Yvan Attal

Writer:

Yvan Attal (writer)

Release Date:

14 November 2001 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

A "normal" guy who is married to a hot actress gets worried that she is involved with her costar. This worry turns into jealousy and causes problems in their relationship. This is a story about trust and a comedy about the actions between men and women.

Plot Keywords:

Sports Writer | Bar | Jealousy | Restaurant | Autograph

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Charlotte Gainsbourg	...	Charlotte
Yvan Attal	...	Yvan
Terence Stamp	...	John
Noémie Lvovsky	...	Nathalie
Laurent Bateau	...	Vincent
Ludivine Sagnier	...	Géraldine
Lionel Abelanski	...	Georges
Keith Allen	...	David, the film director
Jo McInnes	...	David's assistant
Valérie Leboutte	...	Young sexy girl
Annette Hazanavicius	...	Yvan's mother
Jean Abelanski	...	Yvan's father
Marie Denarnaud	...	Colette
Jean-Rachid	...	Blaise (as Jean Rachid)
Céline Cuignet	...	Lisette

Also Known As:

My Wife Is an Actress (USA)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and nudity/sexuality.

Runtime:

95 min | Argentina:93 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:14A | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Spain:T | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Canal+

Movie Connections:

Edited from I Got a Woman (1997)

Soundtrack:

London Calling

Excellent and witty, a wonderfully balanced film.

I saw the world premiere of "Ma femme est une actrice" last night at the Toronto International Film Festival. It's a wonderful romantic comedy that occasionally strays into the darker subject of sexual jealousy and paranoia that can rip lovers apart. Yvon Vital writes and directs with a mature sense of balance - darker scenes balanced with humour, imagined problems weighed against real crises, love compared with lust. Vital uses his dual role as writer and director to make reference to plot points in his own choice of framing and direction of the scene - this again balances the film, giving the viewer the feeling that they're being let in on a joke or personal reference.

I would highly recommend seeing this film if possible. We were told that a North American distributor has picked it up, so hopefully it will be released in a theatre near you.

Bravo!