Not Here To Be Loved France
2005, 93min.
Prod.: Milena Poylo, Gilles Sacuto, Script: Stéphane Brizé, Juliette Sales, Dir.: Stéphane Brizé, Dir. of Phot.: Claude Garnier, Compos: Christoph H. Müller, Eduardo Makaroff, Art. Dir.: Valérie Saradjian, Sound: Xavier Griette, Sound Edit.: Hervé Guyader, Sound Mix: Emmanuel Croset, Edit.: Anne Klotz.
Cast: Patrick Chesnais (Jean-Claude), Anne Consigny (Françoise), Georges Wilson, Lionel Abelanski, Cyril Couton, Geneviève Mnich, Hélène Alexandridis, Anne Benoît.
55-year-old bailiff Jean-Claude Delsart wants to be happy, but just doesn’t seem able to get it right. He lives deep in constant gloom, viewing his life as nothing but a string of sentimental failures: his marriage ends in divorce, his relation with his only son is cold and superficial, and he is convinced that his sour old crone of a father never loved him... One day, Jean-Claude decides to join a new tango school across the road from his office. He meets Françoise, a 36-year-old woman there. Françoise skates on the same emotional ice-rink. It would simply be easier for them not to get involved... unless they both realise that this could well be their last chance.
Awards
San Sebastián IFF, 2005 (CEC Award for Best Film).
| Brize, Stephane Stéphane Brizé (born 18.10.1966, Rennes, France)
In 1993, he made his first short film, Bleu dommage, with which he obtained the Grand Prix at Cognac Festival. L' oeil qui traîne (1996), his second short film, won prizes at several French festivals. His first feature film, Le bleu des villes (1999) participated at the Cannes Director’s Fortnight and won the Award for Best Script at Deauville. Since then, he has made the documentary Bel instant (2004) and the short film Une vie de rêves (2005). Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé is his second feature film.
Filmography
Bleu dommage (1993), L' oeil qui traîne (1996), Hometown Blue (Le Bleu des villes, 1999), Not Here to Be Loved (Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé, 2005), Among Adults (Entre adultes, 2006).
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