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Life Kills Me

Two brother, two dreams.
May 26, 2002 · 1h 26m
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Drama

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Paul is a smart, university educated Frenchman of North African ancestry. He's a smooth talker, but he can't seem to get a job worthy of his skills. He ends up living in a single room, struggling to get by while going on many fruitless job interviews, during which he tries to impress his potential employers by turning his pizza delivery job into a tall tale about revamping the whole pizza chain. But at some point, they always seem to "see through him." He retreats into the boxing ring. His secretly gay brother Daniel also has trouble finding his place in the world. He spends all his time bodybuilding and takes dangerous drugs to enhance his physique. He dreams of being the next Schwarzenegger, but is forced to settle for a demeaning job as a "star" in a Hamburg sex club. Based on Jack-Alain Léger's novel

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CAST

Sami Bouajila
Paul Smaïl
Jalil Lespert
Daniel Smaïl
Sylvie Testud
Myriam
Simon Bakinde
Diop
Roger Ibáñez
M. Louis
Mohamed Ourdache
Marc Andréoni
Monsieur Benny
François Sinapi
Pequod
Directed by Jean-Pierre Sinapi

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
FR
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Fabienne Servan Scheiber Productions, Canal+, CNC, FilmFörderung Hamburg
Country
FR, DE

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