The Man of My Life
2006 · Movie · 114 min · ★ 5.9 · 50% critics
While vacationing with a spouse and children in the French countryside, a man strikes up an intense friendship with a neighboring guest. Long conversations and quiet moments begin to unsettle his sense of identity, desire, and responsibility, forcing him to reconsider what he wants from love, family, and freedom.
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Details
- Original title
- L'Homme de sa vie
- Years
- 2006
- Release date
- 2006-10-11
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 50/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 (33 votes)
About
If you enjoy intimate, talk-driven relationship dramas with a dreamy, summery mood and open-ended questions about love and identity, this may work for you; Not for you if you want fast plots like The Spanish Apartment.
Pros: beautiful rural setting; thoughtful conversations; strong performances | Cons: slow pace; confusing side threads; feels pretentious
Themes
- southern france
- male homosexuality
- woman director
Cast & crew
Bernard Campan
as Frédéric
Charles Berling
as Hugo
Léa Drucker
as Frédérique
Eric Prat
as Guillaume
Jacqueline Jehanneuf
as Jacqueline
- NL
Niels Lexcellent
as Arthur
Léocadia Rodriguez-Henocq
as Jeanne
Antonin Chalon
as Mathieu
- AG
Aurélie Guichard
as Lucinda
Angie David
as Anne-Sophie
Directed by Zabou Breitman