Crossing Europe

This Life of Mine

1 hr. 39 min. | Drama, Comedy | Pegi 13

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Today, Barberie Bichette is annoyed when her friends call her Barbie. In life, she was loved, she felt beautiful, she was a good mother and a reliable colleague. Now she is 55, and all she feels is absurdity and dread. How can she get rid of the nagging thoughts about old age, death, but also about herself and the immensity of life? The self-portrait of the French master of comedy reveals the existential crisis of man in three acts: comedy, tragedy and epiphany. This Life of Mine was finalised and opened the Cannes Directors' Fortnight programme after Sophie Fillières' death.

Sophie Fillières

Sophie Fillières

Sophie Fillières (1964-2023) studied at La Fémis Film School in Paris from 1986. She was a director and screenwriter and has written more than fifteen screenplays for film and television since 1991. She is best known for Sombre (1998), Aïe (2000) and Pardon My French, which was presented at the Berlin Film Festival in 2009. This Life of Mine was the last film completed after her death.
Languages
French
Subtitles
English, Lithuanian
Original title
Ma vie ma gueule
Produced
2024: France

Film information

Director
Sophie Fillières
Producers
Julie Salvador
Screenplay
Sophie Fillières
Music
Philippe Katerine
Cinematography
Camille Bertin
Cast
Agnès Jaoui, Angelina Woreth, Édouard Sulpice
More information
www.imdb.com

Screenings

Friday, 8 November

17:00

Forum Cinemas Vingis · 11

Past screening

Monday, 11 November

18:00

Forum Cinemas Kaune · 4

Past screening

Saturday, 16 November

18:30

Skalvija · Hall 1

Past screening

Monday, 18 November

19:15

Skalvija · Hall 1

Past screening

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