Bernard Campan, Charles Berling, Eric Prat

The family that centres the story is typically middle-class, but just happens to be well-adjusted and happy. Frederic is deeply in love with his wife, Frederique, and they have a jolly, rambunctious c...( read more  read more... )hild. There are no clouds on their horizon. Long hours are spent soaking up the sun, swimming in nearby rivers and enjoying wine and food on terraces. One day Hugo, a new neighbor, appears. He is invited for dinner; one thing leads to another and conversation soon reveals that Hugo is gay. So begins a finely inscribed depiction of a growing friendship between two men: one is happily married, monogamous and deeply settled in his ways; the other is a restless free thinker who does not believe in love and moves freely between multiple relationships.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 54 min.

Directed by: Zabou Breitman

Release Date: March 3, 2007

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DVD Release Date: November 20, 2007

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  • October 2, 2009
    Good movie but going into it you must know you'll end up asking more questions than receiving answers. The cinematography is gorgeous and that alone for me was worth watching.
  • March 9, 2008
    buenas tomas, buena direccion, buena historia, foto, guion, etc etc etc. no soy fan del cine frances pro esta esta chingona. ja!
  • November 9, 2007
    The story is about an encounter of two men in different spaces of life/happiness. The well-adjusted, surrounded by loving family F. and the bitter, sardonic and conflict ridden H. The dialog and interaction between them lead to the eventual swap - the one takes the (un)happy plac...( read more)e of the other. They do not fall in love with each other, they rather become each other by being drawn into their respective worlds. The "kiss than never happened" scene is crucial - it's the point of switch, not of point of love realization.
    It is an amazing movie with a message that our spaces of love and happiness are "wobbly" and can be inverted at any point in life, especially if influenced by the opposite.
  • September 16, 2007
    Ryt ryt ryt, so, wait, does this mean the Married guy has an affair w/ the gay man-whore?
  • May 26, 2007
    The Man Of My Life 2006 DVDRip XviD-MESS
  • April 13, 2007
    no info = no interest

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October 3, 2007
Armond White, The New York Press

The most visually resplendent movie so far this year (photographed by Michel Amathieu), yet it lacks the rich balance of sex and intellect that makes an André Téchiné film great. full review

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