Who You Think I Am (2019)

Claire, a 50-year-old divorced teacher, creates a fake Facebook profile of a 24-year-old woman. She finds a photo of a pretty young blonde and uses it. She has created an entirely fictional character, but why?

Director:

Safy Nebbou

Writers:

Camille Laurens (novel), Safy Nebbou (adaptation)

Stars:

Juliette Binoche, Nicole Garcia, François Civil

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Juliette Binoche	...	Claire Millaud
Nicole Garcia	...	Dr. Catherine Bormans
François Civil	...	Alex Chelly
Marie-Ange Casta	...	Katia
Guillaume Gouix	...	Ludovic Dalaux
Charles Berling	...	Gilles
Jules Houplain	...	Max
Jules Gauzelin	...	Tristan
Francis Leplay	...	Serge
Pierre Giraud	...	Paul
Sonia Mohammed Cherif	...	L'étudiante
François Genty	...	Le patient
Claude Perron	...	Solange
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Noémie Kirscher-Perrel

Storyline

Claire, a 50-year-old divorced teacher, creates a fake Facebook profile of a 24-year-old woman. She finds a photo of a pretty young brunette online and uses it. She has created an entirely fictional character, but why? Originally she did it to spy on Ludo, her on-and-off lover. But Ludo only accepts friend requests from people he knows personally. To get to Jo, Claire sends his best-friend Alex a friend request and he accepts. The pair begins to exchange messages and their fake friendship turns into a fake love affair. Claire is in love with Alex and he is in love with her fake profile. Now he wants to meet the 24-year-old beauty he's been chatting with. She invents a busy job, professional trips and even a jealous ex. The more and more in love they are the more the situation becomes unbearable. Claire is torn between the impossibility of this love and the pain of having to admit her deception and risk losing it.

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel | masturbation | facebook | false identity | divorced mother | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Did You Know?

Quotes

Claire Millaud: I do use social media, dr. Bormans. For people like me it's both, a shipwreck and a life raft.

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Connections

References Dangerous Liaisons (1988)

User Reviews

A shock for those that are qrown up on instant Holiwood

I completely understand that this movie cannot be apreciated by those that have no "education" from Godard, Truffaut, Malle, de Sica, ... and other cineasts from early years after 2ww. It is a paralel world. I am glad that I can enjoy both. This one is though much more intense, much more intriguing and much more provocative than any Spielberg or Lucas or even Tarantino.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

France Belgium

Language:

French

Release Date:

27 February 2019 (France)

Also Known As:

Who You Think I Am

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,142,726

Company Credits

Production Co:

Diaphana Films, France 3 Cinéma, Scope Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1