My Man
1996 · Movie · 99 min · ★ 5.8 · 38% critics
In a struggling French city, a generous sex worker takes in a homeless man and becomes drawn into an intense romance. Their bond shifts between tenderness, desire, dependence, and control as both look for meaning and stability.
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Details
- Original title
- Mon homme
- Years
- 1996
- Release date
- 1996-01-31
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Critic score
- 38/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 (43 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy provocative French relationship dramas like Too Beautiful for You or Our History; Not for you if frank sexuality, moral discomfort, or bleak romance turns you off.
Pros: provocative dark humor; unusual tenderness; strong performances | Cons: challenging structure; uncomfortable gender politics; bleak mood
Themes
- prostitute
- paris, france
- eroticism
- lyon
- love
- prostitution
- homeless man
Awards & recognition
- César Award — Best Actress · 1997 · nominated
Cast & crew
Anouk Grinberg
as Marie Abarth
Gérard Lanvin
as Jeannot
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
as Sanguine
Olivier Martinez
as Jean-François
- DL
Dominique Lollia
as Mélissa
Dominique Valadié
as Gilberte
Jacques François
as 2nd client
Robert Hirsch
as Mr. Hervé
Bernard Fresson
as Director of personnel
Jacques Gamblin
as 4th client
Directed by Bertrand Blier