La Vérité si je mens
1997 Comedy
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Summary
Jobless and penniless, Eddie Vuibert has the good fortune to run into Victor Benzakhem,
a Jewish businessman who manages a successful textile business in an immigrant quarter
of Paris. Mistaking Eddie for a fellow Jew, Victor offers him a warehouse job.
When Eddie negotiates a good sale, Victor is impressed and makes him a salesman.
But soon, the two men begin to fall out. Eddie falls in love with his employer’s
daughter, Sandra, and, in an attempt to show he is worthy of her, he embarks on an ill-fated
business idea. When the scheme falls through, his friend Dov is there to help him
out and Sandra still wants to marry him. But for how long can Eddie hide the fact
that he is not a Jew from his future bride and father-in-law..?
Review
La Vérité si je mens was a notable
hit for director Thomas Gilou, and was followed by an even more successful sequel,
La Vérité si je mens 2.
As in his previous two films (Black Mic Mac and
Rai), Gilou paints a realistic yet affectionate
portrait of an immigrant community in Paris, tackling issues such as racial tolerance
and social exclusion with humour and respect in equal measure. Although not as pacy
and as funny as its cult sequel, La Vérité
si je mens is a well-scripted and engaging work that skilfully laces comedy with
a dose of social realism, and there are pleasing performances from Richard Anconina and
Richard Bohringer.
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