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My Man

My Man

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 31, 1996

Runtime

1h 39m

Genres

Romance, Comedy, Drama

User Score

57%

Original Title

Mon homme

Production Companies

Les Films Alain Sarde, Plateau A, Canal+

Director

Bertrand Blier

Description

In Lyon, where many are unemployed, Marie is a prostitute who loves her work: she's thoughtful and exuberant toward clients old and young, slim or flabby. One night, a homeless man sleeps in the foyer of her apartment house; she gives him a hot meal, then a place on the floor to sleep by her radiator, then she offers herself. She falls in love, giving him new life, clothes, a place to live. When he grouses that he must bar hop while she uses the flat for her work, she finds them a larger flat. He grows restless, seducing a manicurist and pressing her to prostitution. He's arrested for procuring, so Marie must decide what to do; he, too, must face the consequences of his choices.