Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé (2005)

The fifty years old Jean-Claude has a boring life, working in a notary office of his own and as court official evicting tenants or seizing properties, or spending the Sundays afternoons in ... See full summary »

Director:

Stéphane Brizé

Writers:

Stéphane Brizé, Juliette Sales

Stars:

Patrick Chesnais, Anne Consigny, Georges Wilson

2 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Patrick Chesnais	...	Jean-Claude
Anne Consigny	...	Françoise
Georges Wilson	...	Le père de Jean-Claude
Lionel Abelanski	...	Thierry, le fiancé de Françoise
Cyril Couton	...	Le fils de Jean-Claude
Geneviève Mnich	...	La mère de Françoise
Hélène Alexandridis	...	La soeur de Françoise
Anne Benoît	...	La secrétaire
Olivier Claverie	...	Le dragueur cours de tango
Marie-Sohna Condé	...	Rose Diakité (as Marie-Sonha Condé)
Isabelle Brochard	...	L'aide-soignante
Stéphan Wojtowicz	...	Le médecin
Pedro Lombardi	...	Le professeur de tango
Pascal Praud	...	Journaliste sportif (voice)
Géraldine Rojas	...	Danseuse tango spectacle

Storyline

The fifty years old Jean-Claude has a boring life, working in a notary office of his own and as court official evicting tenants or seizing properties, or spending the Sundays afternoons in the retirement home with his sour, rude and bitter father. When he has a minor heart problem, his doctor advises him to exercise, and Jean-Claude begins to have tango lessons in a studio in front of his office. He meets the charming forty and something years old Françoise, who is also having classes for her wedding party, and she recalls she was her neighbor in her childhood. They become close and love flourishes between them, changing their lives.

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Plot Keywords:

office | tango | seizure | widowed | teacher | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

12 October 2005 (France)

Also Known As:

Inte här för att bli älskad

Filming Locations:

Fontenay-le-Fleury, Yvelines, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

TS Productions,Canal+,Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dedicated to Rose and Ferdinand.

User Reviews

Not Here to be Watched

This film might almost be called 'Not Here to be Watched', it is so intimate. One feels intrusive as a viewer. Anne Consigny is entrancing as the quiet, thoughtful girl who not only says little but moves few facial muscles, other than to smile engagingly most of the time. One can't take one's eyes off her. She has that 'something special' which cannot be quantified or defined, but you just have to keep staring at her, as if she were a new species, suddenly discovered, of unknown habits, who might do or say anything but never does. This quiet, brooding film carries introspection and intimacy to new cinematic extremes, and invents a higher definition for 'subtlety'. The characters are deeply depressed and wholly incapable of expressing themselves, so that this is a not a film to watch if you are feeling down. On the other hand, manic depressives might be cheered up by it, because they would see that there can after all be communication between moles in adjoining tunnels. The tango provides the medium for this cheek to cheek resonance which transcends speech. Patrick Chesnais and Georges Wilson as his father are superbly inarticulate, having both mastered the art of non-communication. This film is deeply sensitive, in the same way that small mammals are: it blinks its eyes wonderingly as we shine light into its face: 'Am I really on camera?' Yes. And you are doing really well. A wonderful wallow in disabled humanity with suppressed needs. Although I felt sorry for the characters, I wanted to kick them in the backsides and make them snap out of it and 'get a life', preferably each other's.