Comment je me suis dispute... (ma vie sexuelle) / My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument / Arnaud Desplechin / 1996 / film review

Comment je me suis disputé... (ma vie sexuelle)

1996 Drama / Comedy / Romance

Credits

Director: Arnaud Desplechin
Script: Emmanuel Bourdieu, Arnaud Desplechin
Photo: Eric Gautier
Music: Krishna Levy
Cast: Mathieu Amalric (Paul Dedalus), Emmanuelle Devos (Esther), Emmanuel Salinger (Nathan), Marianne Denicourt (Sylvia), Thibault de Montalembert (Bob), Chiara Mastroianni (Patricia), Denis Podalydès (Jean-Jacques), Jeanne Balibar (Valérie), Fabrice Desplechin (Ivan), Hélène Lapiower (Le Mérou), Michel Vuillermoz (Frédéric Rabier), Roland Amstutz (Chernov), Marion Cotillard
Country: France
Language: French
Runtime: 178 min
Aka: My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument

Summary

Paul Dedalus realises that his life is a mess. He is approaching 30 and he is stuck in a part-time university teaching job that he hates whilst writing a PhD thesis he cannot finish. He is in a long-standing relationship with a woman he does not like. Then he falls in love with the girlfriend of his best friend. What is he going to do?

Review

This engaging romantic drama takes a wry look at mid-life crisis and features an exceptional cast. The film is perhaps over-long and could have benefited from some judicious pruning, but its distinctive style and convincing characterisation makes it one of director Arnaud Desplechin's most thoughtful and appealing films to date.

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