Slice of Life
Synopsis
Pierre is at daggers drawn with his brother Paul since the latter stole his fiancée away from him ten years ago. Nothing in the world would induce him to see Paul again.
Yet, his life depends on it: he needs an urgent liver transplant and Paul is one of the few people whose blood type is compatible with his.
Marie, Pierre’s wife-to-be, encourages him to try everything to persuade his brother to give him a piece of his liver. With this aim in mind, he even accompanies Paul, sales representative for Thalasso products, on his sales tour of the Atlantic Coast. During this reunion punctuated with endless explanations, arguments, break ups and patch ups, both brothers are mutually enriched by exchanging their views about the foundations of life, which is to say, cars, baldness, bar hostesses, fitted pants and seaweed soaks…
None of this distracts them from their main – and opposing – objectives: Pierre wants to convince Paul to accept the operation and Paul wants to find a way of escaping it.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (28)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Les Films Alain Sarde
- Co-productions : TF1 Films Production, Tentative d'Evasion
- Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution
- French distribution : BAC Films
- News agency (France) : B.C.G.
Full credits (20)
- Executive Producer : Alain Sarde
- Screenwriters : Patrick Timsit, Jean-François Halin, Jean-Carol Larrivé
- Director of Photography : Vincenzo Marano
- Music Composer : Nicolas Errèra
- Assistant directors : Paul Gueu, Alain Olivieri, Vincent Trintignant-Corneau
- Editor : Catherine Renault
- Sound Recordist : Bernard Aubouy
- Costume designer : Juliette Chanaud
- Sound Assistant : Pierre Picq
- Assistant Operators : Pierre Chevrin, Stéphanie Téchenet
- Production managers : Rémi Bergman, Frédéric Blum
- Press Attachés (film) : Myriam Bruguière, Olivier Guigues
- Sound editors : Gaël Nicolas, Pascal Villard
- Assistant editors : Marcela Figueroa, Mathias Bouffier
- Continuity supervisor : Jacqueline Granier-Deferre
- Production Designer : Ivan Maussion
- Casting : Gérard Moulevrier
- Sound Mixer : Gérard Lamps
- Still Photographer : David Koskas
- Unit Production Manager : Rémi Bergman
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2001
- French release : 16/10/2002
- Runtime : 1 h 40 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 103.099
- Visa issue date : 17/10/2002
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby DTS
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