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Life Kills Me

4.1/10

Release: 26/05/2002

Duration: 1h 26m

Life Kills Me

Paul is a smart, university educated Frenchman of North African ancestry. He's a smooth talker, but he can't seem to get a job worthy of his skills. He ends up living in a single room, struggling to get by while going on many fruitless job interviews, during which he tries to impress his potential employers by turning his pizza delivery job into a tall tale about revamping the whole pizza chain. But at some point, they always seem to "see through him." He retreats into the boxing ring. His secretly gay brother Daniel also has trouble finding his place in the world. He spends all his time bodybuilding and takes dangerous drugs to enhance his physique. He dreams of being the next Schwarzenegger, but is forced to settle for a demeaning job as a "star" in a Hamburg sex club. Based on Jack-Alain Léger's novel

Country: France, Germany

Language: German, French

Writers

Production

Fabienne Servan Scheiber Productions

Canal+

CNC

FilmFörderung Hamburg

Cast

Sami Bouajila

Sami Bouajila

Paul Smaïl

Jalil Lespert

Jalil Lespert

Daniel Smaïl

Marc Andréoni

Marc Andréoni

Monsieur Benny

Lucien Longueville

Lucien Longuevi..

Monsieur Barthas

M'hamed Benguettaf

M'hamed Benguet..

Le père Smaïl

Tassadit Mandi

Tassadit Mandi

La mère Smaïl

Teco Celio

Teco Celio

Le père de Myriam

Xavier de Guillebon

Xavier de Guill..

DRC Aligrofarm

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