La Vie d'artiste (film)

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La Vie d'artiste
Directed by	Marc Fitoussi
Written by	Marc Fitoussi
Starring	Sandrine Kiberlain Émilie Dequenne Denis Podalydès Valérie Benguigui Marilyne Canto
Distributed by	Haut et Court
Release date	5 September 2007 (5 September 2007)
Running time	107 min
Country	France
Language	French

La Vie d'artiste is a French film written and directed in 2006 by Marc Fitoussi, realised in 2007.^[1]

Plot

Alice dreams of being a film or stage actress, but is now reduced to dubbing the voice of Yoko Johnson, a Japanese cartoon detective character. Bertrand is writing his second novel and aspires to literary greatness. Meanwhile, he teaches French in a secondary school. Cora hopes to break into the French songwriting world, but has to work as hostess in a karaoke bar. All three are determined to achieve their goals and it is too bad if the paths to glory are strewn with pitfalls.^[1]

Cast

Sandrine Kiberlain : Alice, actress reduced to dubbing manga
Émilie Dequenne : Cora, aspiring singer reduced to odd jobs
Denis Podalydès : Bertrand, French teacher and unsuccessful writer
Valérie Benguigui : Solange, Betrand's partner, maths teacher colleague
Marilyne Canto : Alice's sister
Camille Japy : Annabella, actress friend of Alice, successful in theatre
Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet :Frédéric, Bertrand's wise pupil
Magali Woch : Manu, Cora's best friend
Claire Maurier : Alice's agent, in whom she has no faith
Aure Atika : manager of the Hippopotamus restaurant who employs Cora
Jean-Pierre Kalfon : Joseph Costals, singer-songwriter admired by Cora
Maria Schneider : wife of Joseph Costals
Jean-Marie Winling : Bertrand's editor
Éric Savin : Michel, who dubs the manga with Alice
Stéphane Guillon : Michel's replacement, very talkative
Solenn Jarniou : Bénédicte, who supervises the manga dubbing
Francis Leplay : Alice's brother-in-law
Thibault Vinçon : Cora's neighbour
Lolita Chammah : Caroline
Chantal Banlier : Annick
Anne Bouvier : the bookseller
Catherine Davenier : Mme director
Titouan Laporte : Sacha, Alice' nephew
Thomas Derichebourg : partner of Annabella
Monique Couturier : the woman in the dressing room
Olivier Claverie : casting director
Véronique Barrault : casting director
Éric Elmosnino : Alice's ex

Awards

Deauville American Film Festival 2007 - Prix Michel d’Ornano^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "La Vie d'artiste". Allociné (in French). Retrieved 1 October 2021.
^ "Marc Fitoussi - Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 1 October 2021.

External links

La Vie d'artiste at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Marc Fitoussi
La Vie d'artiste (2006) Copacabana (2010) Pauline détective (2012) Paris Follies (2014) Trainee Day (2016)

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