Ma vie n'est pas une comédie romantique (2007)
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Gilles Lellouche, Marie Gillain, Philippe Lefebvre, Soko
After being dumped, a depressed, anxious man moves back in with his parents and reconnects with a woman he loved as a child.
The story
The story sets up a contrast between romantic-comedy expectations and real life. After his girlfriend dumps him, a man moves back in with his parents in Le Chesnay, where he is bored and described as depressed, anxious, rigid, embittered, sectarian and alcoholic. He encounters a woman who was the little girl he was madly in love with when he was nine, and hopes the familiar romantic-comedy pattern might lead to a beautiful, moving kiss. But his circumstances—and the behavior of his friends—complicate the prospect of a straightforward romance.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In romantic comedies, when a man meets a woman and it turns out she’s the little girl he was madly in love with when he was nine, you think that inevitably the two of them will kiss at the end of the film, and it will be beautiful and moving. But here’s the thing: life isn’t a romantic comedy... In real life, you move back in with your parents because your girlfriend dumped you. In real life, you have obese friends who hit on the sixteen-year-old daughter of the woman you’re after. In real life, you live in Le Chesnay and you’re bored. In real life, you’re depressed, anxious, rigid, embittered, sectarian, alcoholic. But maybe this film isn’t real life. Maybe this film is a romantic comedy. So maybe, at the end of the film, you’ll still kiss this magnificent woman, and it will be beautiful and moving. Unless...
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