C'est ça l'amour
Disarming and affecting drama about a man who has no idea how to deal with women – which is all the more difficult as he has full responsibility for two teenage daughters and wants to regain his wife’s attention.
Please note that this film is in French, with Dutch subtitles.
Forbach, eastern France, today. Mario, a man without much ambition, is in denial. His wife has left home. He now must raise his two teenage daughters. Frida, 14-year-old, blames her father for her mother’s departure and discovers new ambivalent feelings for her new girlfriend. Niki, 17-year-old, will soon leave home. Meanwhile, she enjoys parties. Mario can’t help but lose the women he loves. Can accepting to lose someone eventually lead to finding oneself?
Claire Burger, France, Belgium, 2018, 98 min. French spoken, Dutch subtitles.
With Bouli Lanners, Justine Lacroix, Cécile Rémy-Boutang, Antonia Buresi, Célia Mayer.