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La Vie d'artiste is a French film written and directed in 2006 by Marc Fitoussi, realised in 2007.[1]

La Vie d'artiste
Directed by	Marc Fitoussi
Written by	Marc Fitoussi
Starring	Sandrine Kiberlain Émilie Dequenne Denis Podalydès Valérie Benguigui Marilyne Canto
Distributed by	Haut et Court
Release date	5 September 2007 (5 September 2007)
Running time	107 min
Country	France
Language	French

Plot

Alice dreams of being a film or stage actress, but is now reduced to dubbing the voice of Yoko Johnson, a Japanese cartoon detective character. Bertrand is writing his second novel and aspires to literary greatness. Meanwhile, he teaches French in a secondary school. Cora hopes to break into the French songwriting world, but has to work as hostess in a karaoke bar. All three are determined to achieve their goals and it is too bad if the paths to glory are strewn with pitfalls.[1]

Cast

• Sandrine Kiberlain : Alice, actress reduced to dubbing manga
• Émilie Dequenne : Cora, aspiring singer reduced to odd jobs
• Denis Podalydès : Bertrand, French teacher and unsuccessful writer
• Valérie Benguigui : Solange, Betrand's partner, maths teacher colleague
• Marilyne Canto : Alice's sister
• Camille Japy : Annabella, actress friend of Alice, successful in theatre
• Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet :Frédéric, Bertrand's wise pupil
• Magali Woch : Manu, Cora's best friend
• Claire Maurier : Alice's agent, in whom she has no faith
• Aure Atika : manager of the Hippopotamus restaurant who employs Cora
• Jean-Pierre Kalfon : Joseph Costals, singer-songwriter admired by Cora
• Maria Schneider : wife of Joseph Costals
• Jean-Marie Winling : Bertrand's editor
• Éric Savin : Michel, who dubs the manga with Alice
• Stéphane Guillon : Michel's replacement, very talkative
• Solenn Jarniou : Bénédicte, who supervises the manga dubbing
• Francis Leplay : Alice's brother-in-law
• Thibault Vinçon : Cora's neighbour
• Lolita Chammah : Caroline
• Chantal Banlier : Annick
• Anne Bouvier : the bookseller
• Catherine Davenier : Mme directorr
• Titouan Laporte : Sacha, Alice' nephew
• Thomas Derichebourg : partner of Annabella
• Monique Couturier : the woman in the dressing room
• Olivier Claverie : casting director
• Véronique Barrault : casting director
• Éric Elmosnino : Alice's ex

Awards

• Deauville American Film Festival 2007 - Prix Michel d’Ornano[2]

References

External links

• La Vie d'artiste at IMDb

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