Opening short
ALEX IN WONDERLAND
(Alex au pays des merveilles)
France • 2005 • 8 min 40

Directed by: Luis Inacio
Written by: Fabrice Herbaut, Luis Inacio
Produced by: Box Air Prod
International Sales: Premium Films

THE STORY OF MY LIFE
(Mensonges et trahisons et plus si affinités…)
Comedy • LA Premiere • France • 2004
35mm • Dolby • 90 min

Official Selection: Palm Springs International Film Festival 2005
Directed by: Laurent Tirard
Written by: Laurent Tirard, Grégoire Vigneron
Cinematography: Gilles Henry
Editor: Valérie Deseine
Music: Philippe Rombi
Produced by: Olivier Delbosc, Marc Missonnier (Fidélité productions)
Co-produced by: Europacorp, TF1 Films Production

With: Édouard Baer (Raphaël), Marie-Josée Croze (Muriel), Clovis Cornillac (Kevin), Alice Taglioni (Claire), Eric Berger (Jeff), Jean-Michel Lahmi (Max), Jean-Christophe Bouvet (l’éditeur)

www.mensongesettrahisons-lefilm.com

International Sales:
EuropaCorp
Tel: + (33 1) 53 83 03 03
Fax: + (33 1) 53 83 03 04
www.europacorp.com

One of the most successful comedies of the year in France, The Story of My Life is the story of Raphaël (Édouard Baer), a frustrated celebrity ghostwriter writing the autobiography of a soccer player while dreaming of being an acclaimed novelist.

Clovis Cornillac was awarded the César for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Kevin, a soccer superstar with an enormous ego and a very low IQ. Alice Taglioni (The Barbarian Invasions, Ararat) plays Claire, Kevin’s girlfriend and Raphaël’s former college flame. As for Édouard Baer, already a star of French TV channel Canal +, he confirms with this film his status as one of the biggest comic actors in France.

After 7 years as a journalist for Studio Magazine, Laurent Tirard wrote and directed two shorts before The Story of My Life.

“This existential Woody Allenesque comedy is more effective than Prozac to make you feel well...” – Cinélive

FOLLOWED BY A Q&A with co-writer/director LAURENT TIRARD, moderated by DEL REISMAN.
Del Reisman began his career in the days of live television in the 1950s with such shows as NBC Matinee Theater. He then wrote, produced or edited episodes of The Twilight Zone, The Untouchables, and Peyton Place, among many others. Reisman was WGAw President from 1991-93.