Change moi ma vie
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Change moi ma vie |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2001 |
| length | 101 minutes |
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| Director | Liria Bégéja |
| script | Liria Bégéja, Jérôme Beaujour , François-Olivier Rousseau |
| production | Philippe Godeau |
| music | Cheb mommy |
| camera | Laurent Machuel |
| cut | Luc Barnier |
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Change moi ma vie (Eng .: "Change my life") is a French drama movie with Fanny Ardant and Roschdy Zem from 2001.
action
Nina, a middle-aged actress, struggles to get her life back on track after a failed relationship. She is currently unemployed and has to take sedatives. As she walks the streets of Paris , she becomes dizzy. She finally passes out in a public park. Nobody helps her except for the Algerian Sami who is jogging through the park. But just as suddenly as Sami appeared, he has disappeared again.
After Nina leaves the hospital, she wants to thank her rescuer. She goes looking for him and is shocked when she finds Sami as a transvestite on a street prostitute. As it turns out, Sami was once a promising long-distance runner as which he wanted to compete in the Olympics . However, his dreams were dashed and he started taking drugs and working as a male prostitute.
Despite the circumstances and the age difference, Nina falls in love with Sami and they both get closer. One day they make a pact to make their dreams come true before it's too late: Nina wants to get her acting career going again if Sami gives up drugs and prostitution to become a professional athlete again. They both support each other and for a while their agreement seems to be working. However, Sami does not appear for the premiere of Nina's new play. Instead, he gets drugs and runs through the streets intoxicated. He ends up in his old home, where he finally collapses. He dies in Nina's arms, who then reenacts his life as a transvestite in a new play on stage.
background
The budget was 2.91 million euros. Change moi ma vie premiered on November 28, 2001 in France, where nearly 74,000 cinema-goers saw the film. It has not yet been published in Germany.
Reviews
For Elodie Lepage of Le Nouvel Observateur , the film was a "pathetic melodrama". Virginie Apiou from Première said that "all the intentions of the script drift into the ridiculous, as well as the ending, which with its dramatic twist is more embarrassing than touching."
Lisa Nesselson from Variety described Change moi ma vie as “a beautiful, but very pessimistic portrait of two hurt souls who have already passed through their prime”. It is about "a strongly played drama" in which Fanny Ardant and Roschdy Zem are "first class".
Web links
- Change moi ma vie in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Synopsis and review on frenchfilmguide.com
- Trailer and film clips on allocine.fr (French)
- Pictures of the film on toutlecine.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b cf. jpbox-office.com
- ↑ "Ca vire au mélo pathétique." Elodie Lepage in Le Nouvel Observateur quoted. according to allocine.fr
- ↑ "Toutes les intentions scénaristiques […] tombent dans le ridicule, y compris la fin, sorte de pirouette dramatique sous forme d'hommage plus gênant que poignant." Virginie Apiou in Première zit. according to allocine.fr
- ↑ “A beautifully made but resolutely downbeat portrait of two broken-hearted souls past their primes, Change My Life is a keenly played two-hander […]. Fanny Ardant and Roschdy Zem are aces. " Lisa Nesselson: Review: 'Change My Life' ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . In: Variety , January 4, 2002.
