Le rôle de sa vie (2004)

Director:

François Favrat

Writers:

Jérôme Beaujour
Roger Bohbot
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Release Date:

16 June 2004 (France)

Genre:

Drama

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

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
Valérie Benguigui	...	Hélène - l'amie de Claire
Frédéric Descitivaux	...	Frédéric, le petit ami de Luis
Alexandre Aubry	...	Jean, le collègue de Mathias
Ingrid Mareski	...	La jeune femme du magazine
Jean-Paul Dumas-Grillet	...	Le photographe de mode
Frédéric Epaud	...	Le régisseur
Thomas Condemine	...	Le stagiaire régie
Christophe Blanc	...	Le metteur en scène
Serge De Closets	...	L'assistant réalisateur
Gérald Portenart	...	Le coiffeur
Bertha Sfez	...	La grand-mère d'Elisabeth
Laurent Moreau	...	Le réceptionniste de nuit
Ludovic Pinette	...	Le réceptionniste de jour
Chloé Lacan	...	La soeur de Mathias
Rodolfo De Souza	...	Jorge Arrabal - le réalisateur espagnol
Tiago Manaïa	...	Diego
Xavier Rivière	...	Le jeune admirateur d'Elisabeth
Hervé Falloux	...	L'infirmier
Pierre Banderet	...	Le docteur Favre
Bruno Ricci	...	Le vendeur Hédiard
David Buniak	...	Le coursier
Aurélien Daudet	...	Le joueur de tarot
Philippe Fléchaire	...	Le journaliste au théâtre
Inor Sotolongo	...	Le percussionniste
Sarah Pratt	...	Américaine #1
Rebecca Flory	...	Américaine #2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Edouard Baer	...	Himself (uncredited)
Benjamin Depasse	...	Man in movie theater (uncredited)
José Garcia	...	Himself (uncredited)
Anna Mouglalis	...	Herself (uncredited)

Directed by
François Favrat

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jérôme Beaujour
Roger Bohbot
François Favrat
Julie Lopes-Curval

Produced by
François Kraus	....	producer
Denis Pineau-Valencienne	....	producer

Original Music by
Philippe Rombi

Cinematography by
Pascal Marti

Film Editing by
Luc Barnier
Vincent Lévy

Casting by
Coralie Amedeo
Nathaniele Esther
Richard Rousseau

Production Design by
Olivier Jacquet

Set Decoration by
Jimena Esteve

Costume Design by
Edith Bréhat

Makeup Department
Gérald Portenart	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Olivier Dougoud	....	production manager
Pierre Hue	....	assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Serge De Closets	....	first assistant director
Eric Lecuyer	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Peter Hammond	....	painter
Eric Levavasseur	....	construction coordinator
Mélissa Ponturo	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Bertrand Boudaud	....	foley artist
Thomas Desjonquères	....	sound editor
Denis Jaillet-Marsigny	....	sound mix technician
Olivier Mauvezin	....	sound
Antoine Mercier	....	daily boom operator
Sandy Notarianni	....	dialogue editor
Gréggory Poncelet	....	sound recordist
Raphael Sohier	....	sound editor
Stéphane Thiébaut	....	sound re-recording mixer
Guillaume Valeix	....	boom operator

Visual Effects by
Benjamin Ageorges	....	digital compositor
Stephane Bidault	....	digital compositor
Christophe Chanvin	....	digital effects supervisor
Berengere Dominguez	....	visual effects coordinator
David François	....	digital artist
Mathilde Germi	....	digital compositor
Thibaut Granier	....	digital compositor
Jean-Antoine Lacolle	....	digital compositor
Jean-Francois Theault	....	digital compositor
Olivier Veau	....	digital compositor
Matthias Weber	....	digital effects producer

Camera and Electrical Department
Kamel Belaïd	....	additional grip
Stephane Canda	....	additional grip
Matthieu Chambon	....	trainee grip
Andre Chemetoff	....	second assistant camera
Olivier de Pessemier	....	additional electrician
Nicolas Deneau	....	additional electrician
Philippe Deneau	....	electrician
Laurent Dray	....	additional grip
Jean-Paul Dumas-Grillet	....	still photographer
Bruno Dumoulin	....	additional electrician
Frederic Fulton	....	additional grip
Antonin Gendre	....	additional grip
Antonin Gendre	....	key grip
Pascal Ghristi	....	additional grip
Arnaud Hermeline	....	electrician
Colin Houben	....	assistant camera
Julien Humeau	....	trainee grip
Sophie Leonetti	....	camera operator
Gilles Minvielle	....	additional grip
Benjamin Miranda	....	additional grip
Renaud Monziers	....	grip (as Renaud Monzies)
André Seybald	....	additional electrician
Gilbert Seybald	....	electrician
Yannick Seybald	....	additional electrician
Marc Tevanian	....	camera operator
Mathieu Ungaro	....	key grip
François Violland	....	additional grip
François-Xavier Walter	....	additional grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sandrine Bernard	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Frédéric Casnin	....	color timer
Laurent Pelé	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Edouard Dubois	....	music consultant
Stéphane Reichart	....	music scoring mixer

Other crew
Luc Bricault	....	location scout
Coralie Cournil	....	production assistant
Antonin Dedet	....	location scout
Kamel Lyoubi	....	groupman
Charles-Edouard Renault	....	legal counsel
Isabelle Ribis	....	script supervisor
Sophie Timbal	....	production accountant
Gérard Vaumerel	....	additional groupman
Pierrick Vautier	....	location scout
Cyril Viletier	....	additional groupman

Production Companies

• Les Films du Kiosque
• Studio Canal (co-production)
• France 2 Cinéma (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)
• CinéCinéma (participation)
• Cofimage 13 (participation)
• Sogécinéma 2 (participation)
• Gimages 6 (participation)
• Natexis Banques Populaires Images 3 (participation)
• Région Ile-de-France (participation)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (participation)
• Gamzu Participations (co-production)

Distributors

• Mars Distribution (France)

Special Effects

• AutreChose
• L'Etude et la Supervision des Trucages (L'E.S.T.) (visual effects)

Also Known As:

"The Role of Her Life" - USA (festival title)

Runtime:

France:100 min | USA:102 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | France:U

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Les Films du Kiosque

Goofs:

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

Soundtrack:

Lo Dudo

All About Eve - From A to about F

These days it's rare to find Agnes Jaoui acting in a film that she hasn't written (with collaborator Jean-Pierre Bacri) herself and/or directed (Le Gout des Autres and this year's Comme un Image)so it's good to be reminded that she can take as well as give direction and read other people's lines convincingly. The story of a fan, Claire Rocher (Karin Viard) who eventually becomes a Personal Assistant to her idol, Elizabeth Becker (Agnes Jaoui)is almost certain to evoke echoes of Mank's 'All About Eve' yet whilst the central situation is the same (if we read 'screen' for 'stage') there are significant differences inasmuch as Ann Baxter's Eve Harrington was, to all intents and purposes a waif, who haunted the Stage Door waiting for a glimpse of her idol, Margo Channing, whilst Karen Viard comes complete with a job, TV journalist at which she is certainly competent and a circle of friends, to whom, in due course, Jaoui is introduced. The name Becker is, of course, distinguished in French cinema via Jacques (Casque d'Or) and his son Jean (Les Enfants du Marais)and it may well be that helmer Favrant (screenwriter on Bord de Mer)and writer Julie de Courval chose their name for Jaoui's character deliberately. Ultimately the film is about the changing balance of relationships and the show biz background - complete with appearances by well-known domestic actors Edouard Baer, Jose Garcia and Anna Mouglalis as themselves - is largely irrelevant. For some the novelty of seeing the naturally dark-haired Jaoui in a red wig and singing in sultry Spanish will be worth the price of admission alone, those demanding something a little more substantial may be disappointed.