Mes amis, mes amours (2008)

Director:

Lorraine Levy

Writers:

Philippe Guez (writer)
Lorraine Levy (writer)
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Release Date:

2 July 2008 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot Keywords:

Control Freak | Fear Of Heights | Best Friend | Fatherhood | Ex Wife

Cast

Vincent Lindon	...	Mathias
Pascal Elbé	...	Antoine
Virginie Ledoyen	...	Audrey
Florence Foresti	...	Sophie
Bernadette Lafont	...	Yvonne
Mar Sodupe	...	Valentine
Mathias Mlekuz	...	Mac Enzie
Tom Invernizzi	...	Louis
Garance Le Guillermic	...	Emilie
Richard Syms	...	John Glover
Sophie Guiter	...	Stéphanie
Laurent Lévy	...	Le client de la librairie / Bookshop shopper
Philippe Magnan	...	La patron de la librairie / Bookseller
Vincent Bowen	...	Kid 3
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anthony Clark	...	Policeman
Lilian Dugois	...	Victor - Kid 2
Édith Le Merdy	...	Neighbour
Nils Ohlund	...	Monitor
Nicolas Quadflieg	...	Nicolas - Kid 1
Rémy Roubakha	...	Le chef déménageur / Remover
Pauline Serieys	...	Pauline
Patrice Thibaud	...	Headmaster
Tim Glanfield	...	Black Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Directed by
Lorraine Levy

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Philippe Guez		writer
Lorraine Levy		writer
Marc Levy		novels

Produced by
Dominique Brunner	....	line producer
Dominique Farrugia	....	producer
Christopher Granier-Deferre	....	line producer
Philippe Guez	....	associate producer
Romain Le Grand	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Sébastien Souchois

Cinematography by
Emmanuel Soyer

Film Editing by
Sophie Reine

Casting by
Laure Cochener
Michael Laguens

Production Design by
Françoise Dupertuis

Art Direction by
Paul Burns
Danny Rogers

Set Decoration by
Rupert Allan

Costume Design by
Jacqueline Bouchard

Production Management
Jean-Patrick Nourricier	....	extra assistant unit manager
Pascal Ralite	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Frédéric Betaillole	....	second assistant director
Sophie Davin	....	first assistant director
Alissa Kliszowski	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Jon Bates	....	art department assistant
Xavier Marty	....	construction coordinator
Virginie Verdeaux	....	assistant property master
Jason Wood	....	props

Sound Department
Damien Bera	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dominique Gaborieau	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Laurent Brett	....	title designer
Richard Conway	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Berengere Dominguez	....	visual effects coordinator
Joel Pinto	....	digital compositor

Camera and Electrical Department
Roger Tooley	....	Steadicam operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sylvie Bello-Trehout	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Caroline Dulac	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Valérie Lindon	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Janine Abery	....	production coordinator
Sam Blackmore	....	key set runner
Kate Bone	....	assistant production coordinator: London
David Campbell-Bell	....	assistant location manager
Isabelle Delacroix	....	script supervisor
Remy Freess	....	location manager
Laetitia Galitzine	....	production secretary
Alex Grasham	....	production assistant
Robin Green	....	production accountant
Sian Habell-Aili	....	assistant production coordinator
Michael Harm	....	location manager
Gianni Manno	....	end credits designer
Gemma Louise Read	....	key set runner
Elise Romestant	....	assistant script supervisor
Rob Silva	....	base runner
Gareth Lewis	....	additional floor runner: uk (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Evidence Films
• Few
• Pathé
• Poisson Rouge Pictures

Distributors

• Pathé (2008) (France) (theatrical)
• Melimedias (2008) (Belgium) (DVD)
• Melimedias (2008) (Belgium) (video)

Special Effects

• L'Etude et la Supervision des Trucages (L'E.S.T.) (main titles)

Other Companies

• Media Services  stationery supplier

Also Known As:

London mon amour (International: English title)
My Friends My Loves (Australia)

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:15 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company:

Evidence Films

Excellent film

I went to see this film with three friends as we're all studying French, and thought it would be a fun little excursion. I'm glad I agreed to go, because it was certainly an evening well spent. There were some truly great one-liners, but the comedy didn't stop there - the situations that the characters found themselves in, although funny, were not unbelievable, and that made it all the more amusing. The characters were very well fleshed out, a nice contrast to many of the films nowadays in which the characters are bare bones, and one really empathised with each character. This film will make you laugh, think, and even cry a little - and it definitely improved my French!