Toi et moi is Julie Lopes-Curval's second full
length film, following her highly rated 2002 drama, Bord
de mer. It offers an unashamedly feminine view of romantic love, contrasting
the kind of relationship a woman thinks she wants (all roses and sweet pillow talk) with
the duvet-hogging reality. The narrative is cut up with girly photo-novel inserts
in a way that is both funny and irritating, an unnecessary stylistic embellishment for
what is essentially a conventional French romantic drama. Largely on account of
a lacklustre script, the film drags and feels a lot longer than it is, in spite of some
engaging performances from a very talented cast.
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Film Synopsis
Ariane has a habit of transposing the complicated love lives of those around her into
the trashy love stories that she writes for a women's magazine. Her current
preoccupation is Lena, her half-sister, who has started taking an interest in Mark, a
fellow musician. Lena already has a boyfriend, François, but the spark went
out of that relationship long ago and Lena is reluctant to let it go any further.
When she is not imagining a happy future for Lena, Ariane reflects on her own disappointed
love life. She has fallen for Farid, a wealthy businessman who insists that he cannot
settle down with her. She fails to notice that her true admirer is Pablo, a Spanish
builder...
Cast:Marion Cotillard (Lena),
Julie Depardieu (Ariane),
Jonathan Zaccaï (Mark),
Eric Berger (François),
Chantal Lauby (Éléonore),
Sergio Peris-Mencheta (Pablo),
Tomer Sisley (Farid),
Carole Franck (Sandrine),
Philippe Le Fèvre (Jérémie),
Christophe Guiot (Le chef d'orchestre),
Nathaniele Esther (L'éditrice),
Sabine Balasse (Corinne),
Jane Val (La dame au chat),
Paul Pinheiro (Richard),
Fred Epaud (Le vendeur animaux),
Réjan Royer (Le chauffeur de taxi),
Pascal Parmentier (Le patron des taxis),
Thierry Nibelle (Le type énervé),
Lydie Melki (Anouck),
Stéphanie Fontana Rosa (La pianiste Villette)
Country: France
Language: French / English / Spanish
Support: Color
Runtime: 90 min
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