The Big Picture

Original title: L'Homme Qui Voulait Vivre sa Vie

20102010
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1h 54min

L'Homme Qui Voulait Vivre sa Vie (2010)

On the brink of taking over at his law firm, Paul Exben's life takes a turn as he learns his wife has been cheating on him.

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A successful Paris lawyer is forced to re-invent his life after he makes a fatal mistake.A successful Paris lawyer is forced to re-invent his life after he makes a fatal mistake.A successful Paris lawyer is forced to re-invent his life after he makes a fatal mistake.

Director
- Éric Lartigau
Writers
- Éric Lartigau(scenario, adaptation and dialogue)
- Laurent de Bartillat(scenario, adaptation and dialogue)
- Emmanuelle Bercot(with the collaboration of)
Stars

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Awards
- 3 nominations

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Catherine Deneuve and Romain Duris in L'Homme Qui Voulait Vivre sa Vie (2010)

Romain Duris and Marina Foïs in L'Homme Qui Voulait Vivre sa Vie (2010)

Romain Duris in L'Homme Qui Voulait Vivre sa Vie (2010)

Catherine Deneuve and Romain Duris in L'Homme Qui Voulait Vivre sa Vie (2010)

Romain Duris and Branka Katic in L'Homme Qui Voulait Vivre sa Vie (2010)

Romain Duris in L'Homme Qui Voulait Vivre sa Vie (2010)

Romain Duris in L'Homme Qui Voulait Vivre sa Vie (2010)

Romain Duris and Marina Foïs in L'Homme Qui Voulait Vivre sa Vie (2010)

Marina Foïs in L'Homme Qui Voulait Vivre sa Vie (2010)

Marina Foïs in L'Homme Qui Voulait Vivre sa Vie (2010)

Romain Duris in L'Homme Qui Voulait Vivre sa Vie (2010)

Romain Duris and Marina Foïs in L'Homme Qui Voulait Vivre sa Vie (2010)

Director
- Éric Lartigau
Writers
- Éric Lartigau(scenario, adaptation and dialogue)
- Laurent de Bartillat(scenario, adaptation and dialogue)
- Emmanuelle Bercot(with the collaboration of)
All cast & crew
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Dans Paris

6.5

Odd Job

6.4

Mammuth

6.1

Paris

6.8

Heartbreaker

6.7

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

7.3

The Beat That My Heart Skipped

Potiche

6.4

Chinese Puzzle

7.0

La fin du jour

7.8

A Ticket to Space

5.4

A Ticket to Space

His Mother's Eyes

6.0

His Mother's Eyes

The Big Picture

6.2

The Big Picture

Paul Exben is a success story - partner in one of Paris's most exclusive law firms, big salary, big house, glamorous wife and two sons straight out of a Gap catalog. But when he finds out that Sarah, his wife, is cheating on him with Greg Kremer, a local photographer, a rush of blood provokes Paul into a fatal error. Standing over the corpse of his wife's lover, Paul knows that his perfect life has gone for good. But by assuming the dead man's identity and fleeing for an isolated part of former Yugoslavia on the beautiful Adriatic coast, Paul gets another shot at being himself and, at last, seeing the big picture. —The Film Catalogue

starting a new life from scratch fleeing the country based on novel former yugoslavia photographer 37 more

Trivia
Professional photographer Antoine d'Agata took the photos used in this film. Marina Foïs, who plays Sarah Exben in the film, had a postcard of Antoine d'Agata's work. She showed the postcard to the director, Éric Lartigau, who is also her husband.

Goofs
As Paul watches from the shore, the sound and light from the explosion of his sailboat (on the horizon), reach him nearly simultaneously. At the height Paul was sitting, the horizon was roughly 5 miles away and the sound would take over 20 seconds to reach him, while the light would reach him almost instantly.

Quotes
Paul Exben: What are you doing here?
Bartholomé: I'm sorry, I was in the mood for a little beer.
Paul Exben: Anyone else, besides me, likes beer.
Bartholomé: Sure, anyone else likes it, but I wanted to have a drink with you.

Soundtracks
Volcano
Written by Beck (as Beck Hansen)
Performed by Beck
Edité par Youthless (ASCAP)
Sous-édité par Fintage Publishing & Collection B.V.
(P) 2008 XL Recording Limited
ISRC No:US-UM7-08-18995
Issu de l'album "Modern Guit" XLCD 369
Avec l'aimable autorisation de XL Recording Ltd
www.xlrecording.com

Top review

9/10

One of TIFF 2010's best!

I saw this film at the 2010 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, and it was a pleasant surprise.

Great performances, tightly directed, and a very compelling storyline, in addition to a being beautifully shot and using some great Magnum Photos in the film as part of the main character's unexpected shift into a new world and a new life.

Based on the American writer Douglas Kennedy's acclaimed book of the same name, but changed to a Euro setting, director Eric Lartigau easily shows how European filmmakers can take the themes of murder, obsession and identity to new artistic heights, while also giving us one of the best thrillers of 2010. It's a thriller as cinematic art as only the Europeans can do.

The film might not have gotten as much attention as other films at TIFF 2010, but it definitely should. I truly hope it gets a wider release here in Canada and elsewhere.

Seek it out. Decidedly worthwhile.

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armandcbris
Sep 20, 2010

Release date
- October 12, 2012 (United States)
Country of origin
- France
Official site
- Europa Corp. (France)
Languages
Also known as
- Identity of a Killer
Filming locations
- Kotor, Montenegro
Production companies
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Gross US & Canada
- $158,411
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,760
- Oct 14, 2012
Gross worldwide
- $10,013,768

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Runtime
- 1h 54min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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