Ma Vie En Rose (1997)
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90% of critics liked it
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87% of users liked it
(8,507 ratings)
Boys will be boys and girls will be girls, but one child isn't so sure in this Belgian comedy drama. 7-year-old Ludovic (Georges DuFresne) is happy, healthy, and good-natured, but there's a bit of a problem -- he has decided that he's a girl. While his parents Hanna (Michele Laroque) and… More Boys will be boys and girls will be girls, but one child isn't so sure in this Belgian comedy drama. 7-year-old Ludovic (Georges DuFresne) is happy, healthy, and good-natured, but there's a bit of a problem -- he has decided that he's a girl. While his parents Hanna (Michele Laroque) and Pierre (Jean-Philippe Ecoffey) try to understand, Ludovic stubbornly refuses to listen to reason from his parents, teachers, or schoolmates. His fondness for wearing girl's clothes and frequent pronouncements to strangers that he's going to be a woman when he grows up become increasingly worrying, and things come to a head when Ludovic declares that when he's older, he plans to marry Jerome (Julien Riviere), the boy next door. It hardly helps that Pierre's boss, Albert (Daniel Hanssens), is also Jerome's father, and that he's notoriously closed-minded about gender issues. Will Pierre keep his job? Will the stress spoil Pierre and Hanna's marriage? And will Ludovic find the right shade of lipstick? Ma Vie En Rose was the first feature for director and screenwriter Alain Berliner. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Alain Berliner
- Written By
- Alain Berliner, Chris Vander Stappen, Chris van der Stappen
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- May 28, 1997 Wide
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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David Noh, Film Journal International
Director Alain Berliner and screenwriter Chris vender Stappen have created one of the most authentic, touching households ever put on film.
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
This bright and touching drama celebrates diversity as one of the enchantments of life.
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Cast
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Michèle Laroque
as Hanna
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Jean-Philippe Écoffey
as Pierre
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Hélène Vincent
as Elisabeth
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Georges Du Fresne
as Ludovic
- Jean-François Gallotte
- Marie Buñuel
- Caroline Baehr
- Laurence Bibot
- Daniel Hanssens
- Julien Riviere
