My Man (1997)
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.
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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.
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Genre:Romance, Comedy, Drama
Written By:Bertrand Blier
In Theaters:8/15/1997
Box Office:
Runtime:99 minutes
Studio:Les Films Alain Sarde, Plateau A
Cast
Bertrand Blier
Director
Anouk Grinberg
Marie Abarth
Gérard Lanvin
Jeannot
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Sanguine
Olivier Martinez
Jean-François
Dominique Lollia
Mélissa
Dominique Valadié
Gilberte
Jacques François
2nd client
Robert Hirsch
Mr. Hervé
Bernard Fresson
Director of personnel
Jacques Gamblin
4th client
Bernard Le Coq
inspecteur Marvier
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