Le rôle de sa vie (2004)

Director:

François Favrat

Writers:

Jérôme Beaujour, Roger Bohbot,

Stars:

Agnès Jaoui, Karin Viard, Jonathan Zaccaï

2 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Agnès Jaoui	...	Elisabeth Becker
Karin Viard	...	Claire Rocher
Jonathan Zaccaï	...	Mathias Curval
Marcial Di Fonzo Bo	...	Luis
Claude Crétient	...	Laurent Bompard
Annie Mercier	...	Nicole Becker
Laurent Lafitte	...	Arnaud
Denis Sebbah	...	Franck
Francis Huster	...	Un comédien à la soirée
Antonia Cornin-Navarro	...	Maria, la femme de ménage (as Antonia Navarro-Cornia)
Pascal Decolland	...	Le directeur du magazine
Idit Cebula	...	Aline
Pierre Deny	...	L'éditeur
Roberto Gonzales Hurtado	...	L'acteur cubain
Eliane Auroy	...	Françoise, la maquilleuse

Storyline

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

16 June 2004 (France)

Also Known As:

The Role of Her Life

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Box Office

Budget:

€3,800,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$26,658 (Belgium) (25 June 2004)

Gross:

$2,357,824 (France) (2 July 2004)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Films du Kiosque, StudioCanal, France 2 Cinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

Boom operator reflected in window when Mathias serves champagne in the hotel room.

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Soundtracks

"Premier Bal"
Written and interpreted by Sidney Bechet

User Reviews

Le Rom-Com

French cinema does a romantic comedy so much better than Hollywood that it could be the chief reason why the mavens want to wipe it out. Here's an engrossing slice of Parisian celebrity life, superbly photographed and brilliantly edited. The acting is so true-to-life that during Reel Two you become part of the picture and vanish into it. After these two gifted actresses have interacted with their leading man, the U.S. babes look so-0-0 cheesy. Jonathan Zaccai perhaps will never hit the English-language stage or screen, but in his own medium, well, he's the best. The sexual attraction between his character and those of Jaoui and Viard is scalding and they play it to perfection. Sexual attraction is what a rom-com is all about, and Paris delivers it fully clothed. The movie's theme-tune features the keyboard stylings of Errol Garner, a rediscovery that typifies this cultured and deeply savvy picture.