He Is My Girl ( La folle histoire d'amour de Simon Eskenazy (He's My Girl) ) ( Ma mec à moi (O trelos erotas tou Simon Eskenazy) )

He Is My Girl (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: La folle histoire d'amour de Simon Eskenazy (He's My Girl)
Alternate Title: Ma mec à moi (O trelos erotas tou Simon Eskenazy)
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
87 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Jean-Jacques Zilbermann

Written By:
Antoine Lacomblez
Jean-Jacques Zilbermann

Actors:
Antoine de Caunes ..... Simon Eskenazy
Mehdi Dehbi ..... Naïm
Elsa Zylberstein ..... Rosalie
Judith Magre ..... Bella
Catherine Hiegel ..... Arlette
Micha Lescot ..... Raphaël
Max Boublil ..... David
Jean Lescot ..... Mordechaï
Nada Strancar ..... Babette
Taylor Gasman ..... Yankele
Matthew Gonder ..... Yvan Finkelstein
Georges Diane ..... Patron d'Hotel

Synopsis:

Virtuoso clarinettist Simon Eskénazy (Antoine de Caunes - Eurotrash) is trying to finish his record. He is also resisting his sick mother's pleas to move into his apartment, while coming to terms with the reappearance of ex-wife Rosalie and their ten-year-old son; then there are his musicians, his insistent agent, Arlette, and his current lover, Raphaël. When Simon, an Ashkenazi Jew, meets Naïm, a gay Muslim, he is forced to let go of all his preconceived ideas and fears. By night Naïm is Rose, waitress at the 'Paradise' cabaret. Fragile yet violent, loving, funny, elusive and provocative, he is the artist of his own life; in a heartbeat, he can transform himself into a femme fatale. He's My Girl takes up the story of Simon Eskénazy ten years on from the César-nominated Man is a Woman. Visually beautiful and emotionally compelling, the film is again directed by Jean-Jacques Zilbermann and features a stunning performance from Mehdi Dehbi (Le soleil assassiné) as the extravagant, mercurial Naïm.

Among the crowded streets around Paris s Chateau Rouge Metro station, where traders hawk exotic fruit and black market cigarettes, a modern apartment block rises up incongruously. Here, virtuoso clarinettist Simon Eskénazy (Antoine de Caunes Eurotrash) is trying to finish his record. He is also resisting his sick mother s pleas to be installed in his apartment, while coming to terms with the reappearance of ex-wife Rosalie and their ten-year-old son; then there are his musicians, his insistent agent, Arlette, and his current lover, Raphaël. And then there is Naïm. By night he is Rose, waitress at the Paradise cabaret. Fragile yet violent, loving, funny, elusive and provocative, he is the artist of his own life; in a heartbeat, he can transform himself into a femme fatale. Simon, an Ashkenazi Jew, and Naïm, a Muslim, are worlds apart. But this film is both a love story and a dizzying comedy, in which Simon is forced to let go of all his preconceived ideas and fears.

British TV host Antoine de Caunes (Eurotrash) stars in this French comedy about gay clarinetist Simon. His mother and wealthy uncle know he's gay, so the uncle says he'll give him $2 million dollars and a house if he will get married. Simon, who can barely survive on his income as a piano-bar musician, turns down the offer -- but then he meets soprano songbird Rosalie (Else Zylberstein), who sings Yiddish favorites for senior citizens. After she takes Simon to meet her large family of Hassids, those wedding bells might yet chime. Filmed in Paris and New York with French, English, and Yiddish dialogue.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 13 March, 2011.

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