Mensonges et trahisons et plus si affinités... (2004)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Laurent Tirard

Writers:

Laurent Tirard (writer)
Grégoire Vigneron (writer)

Release Date:

8 September 2004 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot Keywords:

Novel | Ghost Writer | Speed Dating | Cheating On Boyfriend | Romantic Rivalry

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Edouard Baer	...	Raphaël Jullian
Marie-Josée Croze	...	Muriel
Clovis Cornillac	...	Kevin
Alice Taglioni	...	Claire
Eric Berger	...	Jeff
Jean-Michel Lahmi	...	Max
Jean-Christophe Bouvet	...	L'éditeur
Raphaël Fuchs-Willig	...	Raphaël ado (as Raphaël Fuchs)
Édith Le Merdy	...	La mère du Juif (as Edith Le Merdy)
Valérie Moreau	...	La sage-femme
Dimitri Rafalsky	...	Le roi
Nuria Solé	...	La Top Model
David Marchal	...	Le mec 1
Xavier Vilsek	...	Le mec 2 (as Xavier Visek)
Catherine Salviat	...	La directrice littéraire

Also Known As:

Mensonges et trahisons (France) (short title)
The Story of My Life (Australia)
Un autre que moi (France) (working title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud)

Company:

Fidélité Productions

Quotes:

Muriel: Cowardice is the worst flaw in men, after mediocrity.

Movie Connections:

Features The Transporter (2002)

Lies and betrayals

Everyone plays well in this silly rom-com that showcases the bemused Edouard Baer dealing with the two charming Parisiennes in his life. Only the director was at fault for generating yet another script about a writer, as if there had not already been several hundred of vastly varying quality. Still, the basic situation is amusing enough, a ghostwriter (negre in French) is all style and literally no content. When a star footballer starts dictating that "his" autobiography is to be written in the style of Baudelaire, Raphael (Baer) starts to rebel, and his own creations come into play, kicked to life by his two lovely women. His friends, who are little more than caricatures, illustrate failed creativity and at last Raphael manages to come up with something real that gets good press, if not great sales. The final flourish, however, goes to Marie-Josee Croze's character and the film ends on a mellow note that is bound to please the ladies. Altogether a good audience-pleaser with some decent laughs that is highly recommended. One note: following the trend, neither of the leading ladies, nor M. Baer, removes any of their clothes.