Je vais te manquer (2009)

Director:

Amanda Sthers

Writer:

Amanda Sthers (writer)

Release Date:

10 June 2009 (Belgium)

Genre:

Drama

Cast

Carole Bouquet	...	Julia
Pierre Arditi	...	Marcel Hanri
Anne Marivin	...	Lila
Patrick Mille	...	Olivier
Fred Testot	...	Pierrot
Monique Chaumette	...	Fanny
Michael Lonsdale	...	Max
Mélanie Page	...	Alexandra
Ariane Seguillon	...	Charlotte
Mélanie Thierry	...	Ornella
Cécile Cassel	...	Anna
Karine Silla	...	Jeanne
Yves Jacques	...	André, le coiffeur
Alexandra London	...	Maria
Hyacinthe Imayanga	...	Paulin
Adrien Jolivet	...	Agent
Clara Barbosa	...	Flore
Emmanuelle Bougerol	...	La dame-pipi
Stéphan Guérin-Tillié	...	Jeune homme avion
Booder	...	Policier
Raphaël Mezrahi	...	L'éditeur
Christine Orban	...	Christine Orban
Fabienne Thibeault	...	Arlette
Frédéric Thiriez
Simon Monceau
André Maruani
Guy Maruani
Damien Bernard
Valérie Caudron
Hervé Charnallet
Hortense D'Estève
Rebecca Hazan
Mirale Jusid
Timothée Kempen-Hamel
Pascale Le Varrat
Christa Lockyer
Anthony Memmi
Aude Pépin
Lisa Raduszynski
Romain Rondeau	...	Le mari d'Ornella
Morgane Rouault
Pierre-Alain Wiik

Directed by
Amanda Sthers

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Amanda Sthers		writer

Produced by
Thomas Klotz	....	producer
Yves Marmion	....	producer

Original Music by
Keren Ann

Cinematography by
Régis Blondeau

Film Editing by
Elise Fievet

Casting by
Laure Cochener

Production Design by
Wouter Zoon

Art Direction by
Wouter Zoon

Set Decoration by
Charlie Cappagli
Guillaume Drouot
Joël Lavrut

Costume Design by
Emmanuelle Youchnowski

Makeup Department
Stéphane Desmarez	....	key hair stylist
Karine Meyer	....	hair stylist
Agnès Tassel	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Abraham Goldblat	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Emilie Cherpitel	....	first assistant director
Julien Petit	....	second assistant director
Mathieu Thirion	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Jennifer Charbit	....	set designer
Marc Olry	....	propman
Emilie Stemer	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Annabel Acquaviva	....	boom operator
Pierre Bompy	....	sound assistant
Cédric Deloche	....	sound editor
Marc Doisne	....	foley engineer
Marc Doisne	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alexis Jung	....	assistant sound editor
Pierre-Jean Labrusse	....	sound mix technician
Cyril Moisson	....	sound

Visual Effects by
Stephane Bidault	....	visual effects supervisor
Jean-Antoine Lacolle	....	visual effects artist
Paul Moriaux	....	digital artist
Romain Moussel	....	digital artist
Bes Paul-Emmanuel	....	digital artist
François Poupon	....	visual effects artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Anouchka de Williencourt	....	still photographer
Delphine Desbruères	....	first assistant camera
Xavier Embry	....	key grip
Yannick Esteffe	....	best boy grip
Thibault Grabherr	....	still photographer
Etienne Muller	....	assistant camera
Olivier Regent	....	gaffer

Casting Department
Sophie Lainé Diodovic	....	extras casting
Kasia Krynska	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Helena Gonçalves	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Sahra Mekki	....	first assistant editor
Fabien Napoli	....	colorist: dailies

Music Department
Elise Luguern	....	music supervisor
Ronan Maillard	....	orchestrator

Other crew
Juliette Crété	....	location manager
Jen Dabancens	....	production coordinator
Lionel Guerrini	....	location scout
Mathilde Vallet	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Sunrise Films (co-production)
• UGC YM (co-production)
• Sofica UGC 1 (in association with)
• Soficinéma 5 (in association with)
• Canal+ (participation)
• CinéCinéma (participation)
• Procirep (support)
• Angoa-Agicoa (support)

Distributors

• UGC Distribution (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• TV5 Monde (2012) (worldwide) (TV)

Also Known As:

"You Will Miss Me" - International (English title) (alternative title)
"You'll Miss Me" - International (English title)

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | South Korea:12 | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Aéroport de Paris-Roissy-Charles de Gaulle - BP 20102, Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise, France

Company:

Sunrise Films

Fun to watch commercial feminine movie.

Some films remind you of so many other movies that it's hard to begin typing them... This one could be a French version of "Love Actually", that masterful "comedy of airports". "josymontmartre-1" is right about everything, the trivial plot, the clichés, the stereotyped characters. But nevertheless I liked it :)! Sorry intelligentsia, one can enjoy "popcorn" films when they're well made, and this is just that.

Three favourite scenes you may like: beautiful shot at the Canadian lake of Carole Bouquet, Max analyzing himself on his own couch (he's a shrink), and Fanny's confessions on the public bathroom with the toilet lady. The contrast between her formal attire, her wish to please, and the tiny walls with graffiti is well crafted.

Carole Bouquet's catty and so otherwordly beauty could heighten ANY movie, in here she's "Julia", a violinist with two very disparate daughters, bourgeois Ornella (Mélanie Thierry, from "La princesse de Montpensier") and Anna, leading a completely different life, and of course, disliking each other until ... By the way, the usage of pop songs in this film is terrific.

Pierre Arditti's performance is the hidden gem of this movie. We've seen him on MANY films, but here it's fabulous to watch his transformation from a Parisian writer, neurotic, narcissistic and abusing to a charming "drageur". Of course, he's seen Julia :)!

Alexandra London's "Maria", her long-suffering maid, is probably in love with him, but he trashes her and throws the food she just cooked as his routine, just before asking for fast food/ Chinese by phone (he knows the menu's codes by heart). This is obviously is the only contact with the outside world he has, besides his editor, also despised by this "Author" of course.

Michel Londsdale is also one of those famous great actors that could lift any movie. I'd have liked more screen time to his romance with Fanny Pelletier. I liked her close relationship with André, the hairdresser, a funny "comic relief", but also touching. Like the glimpse of her house, pink walls, and teenage decor, while she says: "I've always been a child", to which Andre replies: "That's the problem", knowingly, before making her the best present she could have.

We've seen them before making similar roles, but, a bit like friends who may be telling you the same old story, but you hear them with interest, because you always find something new in the old, you'll enjoy watching this two hot actors here. Bombshell Anne Marivin, yes, from the French blockbuster "Welcome to the Sticks" is a naive fresh young woman who's a bit lost in the world, emotional, alone. Patrick Mille, the gay friend (JP) from the TV series Clara Scheller, is here also a sensitive dad, always with the perfect attitude to his little daughter, played to perfection by "Clara Barbosa". It's rare to find a child actor play so naturally, so watch out for this girl.

Then we have Lila's 3 super friends, from which Nathalie Richard (from the fabulous 3 femmes... TV series) stands out.

This is "Amanda Sthers" 's first movie, which she also wrote, and already shows her as an able "summoner of talents". I only hope to watch more of her films.

Summing up, I'll quote an IMDb reviewer, John 575 from Australia: "attractive to the eye, ear and soul". Régis Blondeau's great cinematography can be admired from the nice beginning when Julia is looking at a beautiful if blue Paris but can only see a colorful image of two children, probably her own, with a tinge of nostalgia. "Sinclair"s music also creates ambiance.

Enjoy it!

PS: To this same IMDb reviewer : Who is / How can you be so sure about "one gay son"? I mean, Olivier, the perfect father and book editor, if you've seen the whole movie, well.. Can't say more but, I just don't see it. Readers can comment of course :)!