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.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 39 min.
- Country, year
- France, 2024
- Genre
- Drama, Comedy
- Language
- French
- Subtitles
- English, Lithuanian
- Age rating
- Pegi 13
Credits
- Director
- Sophie Fillières
- Screenplay
- Sophie Fillières
- Producers
- Julie Salvador
- Cinematography
- Camille Bertin
- Music
- Philippe Katerine
- Cast
- Agnès Jaoui, Angelina Woreth, Édouard Sulpice
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
Director
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.
