My Man

My Man

1996 · 99 min · FR · 5.7 (29 votes)
Dir. Bertrand Blier · Starring Anouk Grinberg, Gérard Lanvin, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Olivier Martinez, Dominique Lollia, Dominique Valadié · Music Barry White
RomanceComedyDrama

In Lyon, where many are unemployed, Marie is a prostitute who loves her work: she's thoughtful and exuberant toward clients old and young, slim or flabby. One night, a homeless man sleeps in the foyer of her apartment house; she gives him a hot meal, then a place on the floor to sleep by her radiator, then she offers herself. She falls in love, giving him new life, clothes, a place to live. When he grouses that he must bar hop while she uses the flat for her work, she finds them a larger flat. He grows restless, seducing a manicurist and pressing her to prostitution. He's arrested for procuring, so Marie must decide what to do; he, too, must face the consequences of his choices.

VIBE

A raw, sensual exploration of love found in unexpected places. It feels intimate and melancholic, capturing the grit of survival against a backdrop of desire and class struggle in urban France.

sensualmelancholicintimaterawsteadyEuropean arthousecharacter-driven dramanaturalisticloveclasssurvivaldesire
prostituteparisfranceeroticismlyonloveprostitutionhomeless man
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