The Man of My Life (French: L'Homme de sa vie) is a French film directed by Zabou Breitman, written by Breitman and Agnès de Sacy, and produced by Philippe Godeau. It was first released in 2006.
It stars Bernard Campan, Charles Berling, Léa Drucker and Jacqueline Jehanneuf.
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Cast
Bernard Campan as Frédéric
Charles Berling as Hugo
Léa Drucker as Frédérique
Jacqueline Jehanneuf as Jacqueline
Éric Prat as Guillaume
Niels Lexcellent as Arthur
Anna Chalon as Capucine
Antonin Chalon as Mathieu
Léocadia Rodriguez-Henocq as Jeanne
Caroline Gonce as Ilse
Aurélie Guichard as Lucinda
Philippe Lefebvre as Benoît
Angie David as Anne-Sophie
Gabrielle Atger as Pauline
Production
Principal photography began on 30 May 2005 and was scheduled to last 41 days across the span of 8 weeks. Filming mostly took place in the south of the Drôme department and in the Vaucluse, as well as one week in Paris.
Critical response
Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 47%, based on 19 reviews, with an average score of 5.75/10. At Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received a score of 52, based on 4 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".