My wife, the actress
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | My wife, the actress |
| Original title | Ma femme est une actrice |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French , English |
| Publishing year | 2001 |
| length | 95 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Yvan Attal |
| script | Yvan Attal |
| production | Claude Berri |
| music | Brad Mehldau |
| camera | Remy Chevrin |
| cut | Jennifer Augé |
| occupation | |
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My wife, the actress is a French feature film directed by Yvan Attal in 2001 . It was Attal's debut feature film as a director; he also took on the leading roles with his girlfriend Charlotte Gainsbourg.
action
Yvan works as a sports journalist for television. He lives in Paris with his wife Charlotte, a well-known actress. His brother Vincent also lives here with his wife Nathalie, who is expecting a child. There are tensions between the expectant parents because the Jewish Nathalie hardly lives her faith, but absolutely wants her child to be circumcised if it turns out to be a boy. She also likes names like Moses and Abraham for the child. Yvan withdraws from the dispute, which is being carried out more and more loudly, because he has problems of his own. His wife has just finished a movie in which she has an erotic scene. A friend of Nathalie's asks Yvan if he wouldn't mind if his wife kisses other men in the film or sleeps with them. Yvan admittedly is calm, but the conversation has awakened his already latent jealousy.
Charlotte is currently shooting a film in London for several weeks with the famous actor John. Yvan follows her and is on the set. He questions Charlotte's relationship to her film partner and also her attitude to nude and bed scenes. Charlotte then had doubts. She no longer feels comfortable with a scheduled bed scene and asks the director to shoot the scene in such a way that her nudity in front of the camera is not necessary. The director refuses and Charlotte accuses him of only wanting to see her naked. Either everyone is naked during the shoot or nobody, she concluded. When Yvan, who has meanwhile returned to Paris in an argument, reappears on the set with flowers, he sees all the crew members doing their work naked while Charlotte is filming the bed scene with John. Confused, John leaves and is only with difficulty convinced by Charlotte on the phone that the director has only implemented a not very serious reply from Charlotte to make it easier for the actress to film the scene. He later reappears on set after hearing that her film partner, John, is a heartthrob. When he assumes through suggestive questions that his wife is having an affair with John and she questions their relationship, he leaves for Paris.
On Nathalie's advice, Yvan tries to empathize with his wife and her work. He enrolled in an acting course and met the young Géraldine there. She does not know that he is married to the famous Charlotte. They both practice a scene together and Géraldine flirts with Yvan. She kisses him on his doorstep when Charlotte is getting out of the taxi. She has one day off and wanted to surprise Yvan. Now she gets back into the taxi and drives away. Yvan finds out that she is in town and goes to see her. Both speak out and make up.
Some time later, the shooting of the film is over. Nathalie and Vincent have become the parents of a son who will be called Moses and will be circumcised. Nathalie prevailed and Vincent gave in. Charlotte is delighted with the baby. A little later she and Yvan come home. John left the message on the answering machine that he had a film role for Charlotte alongside Leonardo DiCaprio . But Charlotte goes to Yvan for another reason: she's pregnant. Spontaneously she plays the heavily pregnant, exhausted woman in front of him with a fake ball belly.
production
My wife, the film actress was the directing feature film debut of Yvan Attal, who had previously only made the short film I Got a Woman in 1997. Like the feature film, it dealt with the problems of a man who is married to an actress. My wife, the actress was shot in Paris and London, with French and English spoken in the film. The budget was around 30 million euros. The film premiered on September 12, 2001 at the Toronto International Film Festival . It was released in French cinemas on November 14, 2001 and in German cinemas on October 17, 2002. In May 2003 the film was released on DVD. It was first seen on German television in 2011 on arte .
Comedian Nagui , musician Catherine Lara and singer Marc Lavoine took on cameo appearances as themselves. They can be seen as famous guests in a restaurant.
synchronization
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | Charlotte Gainsbourg | Irina Wanka |
| Georges | Lionel Abelanski | Claus Brockmeyer |
| Nathalie | Noémie Lvovsky | Susanne von Medvey |
| Vincent | Laurent Bateau | Frank Röth |
criticism
The film service called My Wife, the Actress, a "romantic comedy that seems slightly old-fashioned in the good sense of the word" as well as "enjoyable, sometimes charming conversation with excellent actors." arte fixed. Attal himself called the film "a declaration of love to my wife".
Awards
The film was in 2002 for two Césars nominated: Yvan Attal received a nomination for Best debut and Noémie Lvovsky was in the category Best Supporting Actress Best nominated.
In 2002 Attal won the Best Director award at the Cabourg Romantic Film Festival.
Web links
- My Wife Is an Actress in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- My Wife Is an Actress at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ See imdb.com
- ↑ My wife, the actress. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ My wife, the actress. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ See my wife, the actress on arte.tv ( 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.
- ↑ See cinema.de
