Only flying is better (2015)

Movie
German title	Only flying is more beautiful
Original title	Comme un avion
Country of production	France
original language	French
Publishing year	2015
length	105 minutes
Age rating	FSK 0
Rod
Director	Bruno Podalydès
script	Bruno Podalydès
production	Pascal Caucheteux
camera	Claire Mathon
cut	Christel Dewynter
occupation
	Bruno Podalydès : Michel; Sandrine Kiberlain : Rachelle; Agnès Jaoui : Laëtitia; Vimala Pons : Mila; Denis Podalydès : Rémi; Michel Vuillermoz : Christophe;

Jean-Noël Brouté and Bruno Podalydès (r.) At the premiere of Comme un avion in Paris (June 2015)

Only flying is more beautiful (original title: Comme un avion ) is a French comedy from 2015. The screenplay is by Bruno Podalydès , who also directed and played the leading role. The film was released in German cinemas in May 2016.

action

Michel has been passionate about airplanes since he was a child. On his 50th birthday, his wife gave him a voucher for a paragliding flight, but his enthusiasm was limited.

By chance he notices that the shape of a kayak resembles that of an airplane. Enthusiastic about this new idea, but without any experience, he orders a folding boat, but initially hides it from his wife.

During a one-week vacation in Burgundy, he goes on a trip in his kayak by himself . He made the acquaintance of the mature widow Laëtitia and the romantic young girl Mila in a small inn on the shore.

criticism

Jean-Baptiste Morain describes the film in Les Inrockuptibles as “poetic comedy” (French: drôlerie poétique ) and considers it “one of the most beautiful by Bruno Podalydès”. Aurélien Ferenczi writes in Telerama magazine that “no one has ever thought of the midlife crisis and filmed it like this”.

Web links

Official German site for the film
Only flying is more beautiful in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Release certificate for Only flying is more beautiful . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2015 (PDF; test number: 155 772 K).
↑ Only flying is more beautiful. In: Zelluloid.de. Archived from the original on July 12, 2017 ; accessed on September 14, 2018 .
↑ Comme un avion: le délirant conte métaphysique de Bruno Podalydès. In: Les Inrockuptibles . June 5, 2015, accessed September 21, 2015 (French).
↑ Comme un avion. In: Telerama. June 5, 2015, accessed September 21, 2015 (French).

[FSK-1] Release certificate for Only flying is more beautiful . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2015 (PDF; test number: 155 772 K).

[2] Only flying is more beautiful. In: Zelluloid.de. Archived from the original on July 12, 2017 ; accessed on September 14, 2018 .

[3] Comme un avion: le délirant conte métaphysique de Bruno Podalydès. In: Les Inrockuptibles . June 5, 2015, accessed September 21, 2015 (French).

[4] Comme un avion. In: Telerama. June 5, 2015, accessed September 21, 2015 (French).