Permis d'aimer (2005) (TV)

Director:

Rachida Krim

Release Date:

26 October 2005 (France)

Plot:

A cafeteria worker of Arab origin falls in love with a French co-worker, much to everyone else's chagrin. |

Cast

Fejria Deliba	...	Malika
Charles Berling	...	Jean
Sofia Boutella	...	Lila
Farida Rahouadj	...	Djamila
Souad Amidou	...	Sama
Djida Belhaddad	...	Houria
Benhaïssa Ahouari	...	Mohammed
Tahidir Ouazine	...	Aïcha (as Taïdir Ouazine)
Farida Ouchani	...	Nora
Meryem Serbah	...	Fatima
Karim Saleh	...	Hocine (as Karime Saleh)
Abdelkrim Bahloul	...	M. Ben Ammar
Tassadit Mandi	...	Mme Ben Ammar
Claudine Baschet	...	Le marabout
Pascal Perriz	...	Le moniteur de judo
David Bruniaz	...	Adrien

Directed by
Rachida Krim

Produced by
Denis Carot	....	producer
Marie Masmonteil	....	producer

Original Music by
Safy Boutella

Cinematography by
Chicca Ungaro		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Dominique Marcombe

Casting by
Nathaniele Esther		(as Nathanièle Esther)

Production Design by
Sylvie Deldon

Costume Design by
Malika Khelfa

Makeup Department
Valerie Arditty	....	assistant makeup artist
Frédérique Arguello	....	key makeup artist
Charlotte Arguillère	....	assistant makeup artist
Mathieu Gueracague	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Olivier Bechat	....	post-production supervisor
Delphine Brochard	....	post-production supervisor
Sibylle Giard	....	assistant unit manager
Frédéric Lary	....	production manager
Eric Moreau	....	unit manager
Emmanuel Sajot	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Estelle Barris	....	assistant director
Rabia El Bouhati	....	second assistant director
Marion Lallier	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Christophe Abelly	....	assistant decorator
Arthur Deleu	....	property master
Marie-Noëlle Lacassin	....	assistant decorator
Julien Philopemon	....	construction manager
Patrice Velut	....	property master

Sound Department
Michel Casang	....	sound
Nicolas Fioraso	....	assistant foley artist
Grégory Lacroix	....	boom operator
Ulrike Laub	....	sound editor
Marie Massiani	....	sound mixer
Fred Mays	....	post-synchronization
Gadou Naudin	....	foley artist

Stunts
Rémi Canaple	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Slimane Berhoun	....	best boy
Thierry Debove	....	gaffer
Jean Marc Degardin	....	second assistant camera (as Jean-Marc Degardin)
Pascal Doyen	....	electrician
Olivier Goelen	....	key grip
François Perrault-Alix	....	additional grip
Xavier Servais	....	grip
Elisabetta Zampa	....	first assistant camera

Casting Department
Youna De Peretti	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Christine Civrac	....	additional costumer
Chloé Degorce Dumas	....	additional costumer
Julie Sudre	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Clotilde Aksin	....	additional editor

Other crew
Nadège Cruvellier	....	administrator
Perrine Fontaine	....	fiction director: FR2
Véronique Hallu	....	press attache
Marie-Hélène Losada	....	fiction director: FR2 (as Marie-Hélène Humbert-Losada)
Roger Ruiz	....	group man
Isabelle Thévenet	....	script supervisor (as Isabelle Perrin-Thévenet)

Production Companies

• Elzévir Films
• France 2 (FR2) (participation)

Runtime:

France:100 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Company:

Elzévir Films

Decent social comedy, but simplistic, badly acted and predictable everything.

I can't believe Charles Berling acted in this film. He's a good actor, like Comment j'ai tué mon père, Les Âmes fortes, and the superb Ridicule!

The daughter doesn't know how to act. She barely spatters her lines, moves like a robot, and her character development is 0 (she changes positions -from devoted daughter to loathsome defender of family values- only according to plot needs, alternating haphazardly). Basically the plot is so predictable, it's impossible to make a good film out of it. Corny at times, it's a pity because the sociological impressions here and there are indeed interesting. How the social influences the individuals, to the point of making individuals look like puppets in an age-old story, all this in the XXth century, is useful to be reminded of (even if not entirely enjoyable to watch). There are funny moments, like when "everybody" knows about her affair in the neighbourhood, and how that affects basically everything, even her daughter's marriage. The "neighbourhood friends" are interesting in their deviousness and "presence at all times". I liked a lot when the mum, who's not a weak character at all, tells them to "go home, for it's late" when she's got to scold the daughter. I suppose she meant: "It's a family affair".

The ending is particularly stupid.

All it all, it's a good film to understand a bit the weight of tradition on subjectivity. And working class life in France, for those of us who still idealize "Europe". But all this is hindered by, among many other things, obnoxious music, present at all times, pretending to give unity while only highlighting the "emotive moments".

A TV film to consume only in that medium.

PS: Fejria Deliba is nice as Malika.