My Wife Is an Actress (2001)

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.

Director:

Yvan Attal

Writer:

Yvan Attal

Stars:

Charlotte Gainsbourg, Yvan Attal, Terence Stamp

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Charlotte Gainsbourg	...	Charlotte
Yvan Attal	...	Yvan
Terence Stamp	...	John
Noémie Lvovsky	...	Nathalie
Laurent Bateau	...	Vincent
Keith Allen	...	David
Jo McInnes	...	L'assistante
Ludivine Sagnier	...	Géraldine
Lionel Abelanski	...	Georges
Valérie Leboutte	...	La jeune femme sexy
Annette Hazanavicius	...	La mère d'Yvan
Jean Abelanski	...	Le père d'Yvan
Marie Denarnaud	...	Colette
Jean-Rachid	...	Blaise (as Jean Rachid)
Céline Cuignet	...	Lisette (as Cécine Cuignet)

Storyline

Paris can boast a population of 2,125,246. Of these 1,153,000 are women and 10,000 are actresses. Yvan, a young sports writer, is married to one who is very well known - Charlotte. They try to live a normal life, but her fame makes it difficult - autograph hunters interrupt their dinners, cops about to serve traffic summonses let them off with a warning and a smile when they recognize her, and impossible-to-get restaurant reservations magically appear when Charlotte makes the calls instead of Yvan. All this threatens and challenges his male ego, but Yvan is able to take her stardom in stride. Until, that is, a man at a bar asks him if he gets jealous watching his wife make love in the nude to another man on screen. It has never seriously bothered him before, but the stranger sows the first seed of doubt in his head...

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Plot Keywords:

prostitute | unfaithfulness | infidelity | fellatio | extramarital affair | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and nudity/sexuality

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French English

Release Date:

14 November 2001 (France)

Also Known As:

My Wife Is an Actress

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

FRF 30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$1,263,683 (France), 16 November 2001

Opening Weekend USA:

$49,204, 14 July 2002, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$1,052,922, 10 November 2002

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canal+, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), Katharina

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Rock'n Roll (2017)

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Soundtracks

London Calling
Written by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones
Performed by The Clash

User Reviews

interesting, but something lost in the translation

This film begins with an interesting idea, and moves along well for a time, but for me it failed to maintain its pace and hold my interest fully. Perhaps something was lost in the translation. One minute Charlotte is saying that things have been bad for them, Yvan and herself, and the next she's overjoyed that she's pregnant. I'm not really clear on her relationship with either of the male characters. It did have some funny moments, but overall, I was somewhat disappointed.