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She saves a homeless man with sex and soup—he repays her by pimping her out. French cinema, baby!
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My Man (1996)

morally queasy romancesweaty Lyon summersunhinged devotion

Overview

ComedyDramaRomance

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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Content warning
paris, franceprostituteloveeroticismprostitutionlyonhomeless man
transactional loveself-destruction as generositygendered economic powerthe impossibility of saving someone

Standout Aspects

Acting

Grinberg's feverish, unflinching openness—she commits completely.

Direction

Blier's signature provocation: comedy that chokes in your throat.

Writing

Dialogue that weaponizes charm against coherence.

Best for:Solo: When you want to feel weird about humanity alone.·Date Night: Only if you enjoy relationship stress tests.·Rewatch: To decode if Marie is liberated or trapped.
Heads up:Sexual Content: Graphic sex work depicted without exploitation framing—still explicit.·Disturbing: Emotional manipulation that may read as abuse romanticized.
Bertrand Blier

Director

Bertrand Blier

ReleasedJan 31, 1996
Runtime1h 39m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feelheavy
Les Films Alain Sarde
Plateau A

Top Cast

Anouk Grinberg

Anouk Grinberg

Marie Abarth

Gérard Lanvin

Gérard Lanvin

Jeannot

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Sanguine

Olivier Martinez

Olivier Martinez

Jean-François

Dominique Valadié

Dominique Valadié

Gilberte

Jacques François

Jacques François

2nd client

Robert Hirsch

Robert Hirsch

Mr. Hervé

Bernard Fresson

Bernard Fresson

Director of personnel

Jacques Gamblin

Jacques Gamblin

4th client

Bernard Le Coq

Bernard Le Coq

inspecteur Marvier

Mathieu Kassovitz

Mathieu Kassovitz

1st client

Michel Galabru

Michel Galabru

3rd client

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

Client

Sabine Azéma

Sabine Azéma

Bérangère

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Cultural

Bertrand Blier built his career on men who don't deserve the women obsessed with them—this is his most extreme case study, released when French cinema was wrestling with 'politically correct' as an American import.

Insight

Anouk Grinberg won Best Actress at Cannes for this—her acceptance speech reportedly baffled the jury, much like the film itself.

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