L'homme de sa vie (2006)

On summer holiday in Provance, Frédéric meets Hugo and develops a powerful bond that threatens his family.

Director:

Zabou Breitman

Writers:

Zabou Breitman, Agnès de Sacy

Stars:

Bernard Campan, Charles Berling, Léa Drucker

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Bernard Campan	...	Frédéric
Charles Berling	...	Hugo
Léa Drucker	...	Frédérique
Jacqueline Jehanneuf	...	Jacqueline
Eric Prat	...	Guillaume
Niels Lexcellent	...	Arthur
Anna Chalon	...	Capucine
Antonin Chalon	...	Mathieu
Léocadia Rodriguez-Henocq	...	Jeanne
Caroline Gonce	...	Ilse
Aurélie Guichard	...	Lucinda
Philippe Lefebvre	...	Benoît
Angie David	...	Anne-Sophie
Gabrielle Atger	...	Pauline
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Andy Gillet	...	Jeune homme Hugo

Storyline

On summer holiday in Provance, Frédéric meets Hugo and develops a powerful bond that threatens his family.

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Plot Keywords:

cell phone | summer | f rated | male rear nudity | male nudity | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

France Italy

Language:

French

Release Date:

21 September 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Der Mann meines Lebens

Filming Locations:

Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$2,991, 23 September 2007, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$5,564, 30 September 2007

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pan Européenne,France 3 Cinéma,Rhône-Alpes Cinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Hugo: Qu'est-ce que tu fais là ? Pourquoi t'es venu ? Tu voulais me dire quelque chose ?

User Reviews

What happens when you try to be "arty"

The movie is visually stunning and all the actors did a good job, but it tries too hard to be artistic and it mostly fails.

The two main male characters have deep talks about life, love, family and their meaning, discussion which is constantly shown in flashbacks, repeating the last minute of the previous one, but they lack substance. It tries to be witty, and that it's pretty obvious, but it fails.

The relationship of them is never truly explained, also leaving the viewer with a confusing open ending - again, it tried not to be "in your face", to make you think, to discover things by yourself but it couldn't raise to the stakes raised by itself.

The director, Zabou Breitman wasn't at her first try in the movie industry; now, I don't know how her other films hold up, they don't have a page on Wikipedia, nor on RottenTomatoes and her directed films on IMDb don't have a rating yet (maybe all that means something too), even if released years ago, but if the others are the same, they aren't worthy.

On the bright side, it's cinematography is really great, it has some beautiful shot moments, she knows her way around the camera - too bad they don't integrate very well into the film.

4/10