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Life Kills Me
Overview
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
Director and cast
- Jean-Pierre Sinapi Director
- Sami Bouajila as Paul Smaïl
- Jalil Lespert as Daniel Smaïl
- Sylvie Testud as Myriam
- Simon Bakinde as Diop
- Roger Ibáñez as M. Louis
- Mohamed Ourdache Cast
- Marc Andréoni as Monsieur Benny
- François Sinapi as Pequod
- Lucien Longueville as Monsieur Barthas
- M'hamed Benguettaf as Le père Smaïl
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