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The Man I Love

The Man I Love

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 5, 1997

Runtime

1h 27m

Genres

Drama, Comedy

User Score

63%

Original Title

L'Homme que j'aime

Production Companies

Ellipsanime Productions, La Sept-Arte, Onya Film Production

Director

Stéphane Giusti

Description

This is a combination coming out and first love story. The swimmer and diver Lucard is interested in attractive Martin. The film follows the characters' coming out with all its difficulties, the bitter-sweet pleasures of first love and the dreadful moment when one comes down to reality and realizes that one's beloved friend has a hard way to go yet. The positive message the film tries to transmit is the somewhat common motto "Live each day of your life as if it were your last."