Man at Bath (2010)

Between Gennevilliers and New York, Omar and Emmanuel go to great lengths to prove to each other they're no longer in love.

Director:

Christophe Honoré

Writer:

Christophe Honoré (screenwriter)

Stars:

François Sagat, Omar Ben Sellem, Chiara Mastroianni

1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
François Sagat	...	Emmanuel
Omar Ben Sellem	...	Omar
Chiara Mastroianni	...	L'actrice
Rabah Zahi	...	Rabah
Kate Moran	...	Kate
Lahcen Elmazouzi	...	Hicham
Andréas Leflamand	...	Andréas
Ronald Piwele	...	Ronald
Sebastian D'Azeglio	...	L'homme à la moustache
Sébastien Pouderoux	...	Le fiancé de Kate
Dennis Cooper	...	Robin
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dustin Segura-Suarez

Storyline

Between Gennevilliers and New York, Omar and Emmanuel go to great lengths to prove to each other they're no longer in love.

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Plot Keywords:

male frontal nudity | pubic hair | male pubic hair | male nudity | male rear nudity | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Unrated

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

How Insensitive (Insensatez)
Written by Antonio Carlos Jobim (uncredited) and Vinicius de Moraes (uncredited), English lyrics by Norman Gimbel (uncredited)
Performed by Nancy Wilson

User Reviews

Sexually explicit but emotionally cold.

It's impossible to know just how close to 'honesty' Christophe Honore comes in his film "Man at Bath" since this study of a gay relationship on the rocks gives us a set of characters that, if we relate to them at all, we do so with a fair amount of distaste. This is a very sexually explicit film but it is a film without love; the only character capable of love, you think, is Emmanuel and he's been denied it and in turn denies it to others. He's played by the gay porn star Francois Sagat with a reasonable degree of empathy; at least he's the only character on screen with whom you might identify with emotionally. Otherwise this film, which is also concerned with filmmaking as a livelihood and the process of 'acting' in general, is masturbatory in all the wrong ways. I am sure there must be a point to it as well as an audience but right now it's difficult to see either. On the plus side at least, one character has the good taste to read "Franny and Zooey" though he does so in the bath.

Details

Official Sites:

Le Pacte [France] US Official Site

Country:

France

Language:

French English

Release Date:

22 September 2010 (France)

Also Known As:

Man at Bath

Filming Locations:

New York, USA

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$4,278

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Films du Bélier, Théâtre de Gennevilliers, Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée

Technical Specs

Runtime:

72 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1