This Is My Body

This Is My Body (2001)

Young student Antoine is at a crossroad in his life. He wants to jump off studies shortly before exams, and are not keen on taking over his fathers firm. Instead he wants to follow an acting career. He is offered a big chance in a main role as the female directors second choice, and after a small quarrel with his father, he takes the job, which men h quits school of nine weeks of filming. As a star he researches why the first choice of an actor, Lucas, was perfect for the role, being gay in a gay role. He finds out that the director has lied to him. Lucas killed himself due to complications after episodes with the director, which was wildly in love with him, despite his sexual prefer action. But Antoine doesn't get much from contacting her, getting all kinds of mixed signals as her leading role. Talking to the father, or the girlfriend isn't working for him at his crossroad. And his father cuts him short when he get to know he has signed the film contract. Running off from his father and girlfriend he seeks to stay over at the directors place, though he's warned about her.

Genre

Drama

Countries

France Portugal

Director

Rodolphe Marconi

Writers

Rodolphe Marconi Gilles Taurand

Producer

Paulo Branco

Composer

Nicolas Bikialo

Cinematographer

Carlo Varini

Editor

Isabelle Devinck

Production

Madragoa Filmes Gemini Films

Starring

Also starring

Louis Garrel Jane Birkin Elisabeth Depardieu Didier Flamand Annie Girardot Didier Bezace Lila Salet Charlie Bruneau Coralie Seyrig Rebecca Marder

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