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Life for Real

2023 · 110 min

A gentle, feel-good comedy about naive hope and unexpected family, with warm humour and a touch of romance.

Directed by
Dany Boon
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Dany Boon, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kad Merad
Overview
Tridan Lagache has spent his whole life at Club Med, changing friends every 8 days. At 50, he resigns from the vacation spot where he was born, determined to track down his great mini-club childhood love, Violette. He shows up in Paris, naïve and lost but glad to be lodged by Louis, a half-brother he never knew he had. In order to be rid of the cumbersome Tridan, Louis passes one of his fling off as Violette, and Tridan, all emotional, thinks he recognizes her at first glance.

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Directed by
Dany Boon
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Dany Boon, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kad Merad
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • family
  • identity
  • found family
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Dany Boon, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kad Merad, Caroline Anglade, Maxime Gasteuil, Aurore Clément, Gaël Raës, Tatiana Gousseff
Music
Alexandre Lecluyse
Cinematography
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Runtime
110 min
Country
Belgium, France
Languages
French

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