CinemaOSMovie · 2002 · 1h 26m

Life Kills Me

Two brother, two dreams.

54%(6)IMDbDrama

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

Directed byJean-Pierre Sinapi

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 26m
Language
FR
Released
May 26, 2002
Studios
Canal+CNCFilmFörderung Hamburg

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Sami Bouajila

Sami Bouajila

Paul Smaïl

Jalil Lespert

Jalil Lespert

Daniel Smaïl

Sylvie Testud

Sylvie Testud

Myriam

Simon Bakinde

Diop

Roger Ibáñez

Roger Ibáñez

M. Louis

Mohamed Ourdache

Mohamed Ourdache

Marc Andréoni

Marc Andréoni

Monsieur Benny

François Sinapi

Pequod

Lucien Longueville

Monsieur Barthas

M'hamed Benguettaf

M'hamed Benguettaf

Le père Smaïl

Creative team
Directed by
Jean-Pierre Sinapi
Written by
Daniel Tonachella
Jean-Pierre Sinapi
Produced by
Michael André
Fabienne Servan Schreiber

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