MA FEMME EST UNE ACTRICE
MY WIFE IS AN ACTRICE |
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Director:
Yvan Attal
Cast: Charlotte: Charlotte Gainsbourg
Yvan: Yvan Attal
John: Terrence Stamp
Nathalie: Noémie Lvovsky
Vincent: Laurent Bateau
Géraldine: Ludivine Sagnier
Awards: Nominated for Best First Work, César Awards (2002).
Running time: 93 minutes
Production: France, 2001
Rating: Restricted (some nudity)
Gauge: 16 & 35mm, DVD (color)
Language: French
Distributor: New Yorker Films
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"Writer/director/co-star
Yvan Attal performs a cinematic hat trick, not because of his feat
in juggling three demanding roles, but because he's delivered a film
that indulges audience appetites for glamorous celebrity couples,
moviemaking, and sweet romance tinged with the bitter bile of jealousy."
Loren King, The Chicago Tribune. |
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TV sports
journalist and regular guy, Yvan suffers ever-increasing jealousy
over the screen activities of his celebrity wife, Charlotte. Adding
a layer of irony to his frothy romantic comedy, actor and first-time
director Yvan Attal, casts his wife Charlotte Gainsbourg to play
opposite himself in the title role. Yvan resents the special attention
his wife receives, whether it be fans recognizing her in the streets
or chic restaurants finding a table for her just after refusing
him. He gets furious when an acquaintance waxes lyrical about the
hot sex scene in Charlotte’s latest movie. Doesn’t it
bother him to see his wife on screen kissing someone else? Gritting
his teeth, Yvan replies that it’s just acting. For her next
role, Charlotte travels to London. Her nude scene with a sexy British
actor (Terrence Stamp) makes her uncomfortable; to put her at ease
the entire crew take off their clothes. Yvan, ever more anxious,
picks this moment to pay her a surprise visit. Naturally he’s
stunned, but his overreaction pushes Charlotte into the arms of
her co-star. Back in Paris he enrolls in an acting class to try
to understand his wife’s behavior, and Charlotte returns just
in time to witness one of Yvan’s fellow students kiss him in
the street. So why is acting so dangerous and what can be done about
it?
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