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This Life of Mine

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Barberie Bichette, known to her biggest despair as Barbie, may have been beautiful, a good mother, a reliable colleague, a great lover, yes, perhaps… but that was before she predictably and inevitably turned 55 (and much more to come!). Now, things are getting darker, sometimes violent and often absurd. How then will she deal with her own self, others, and simply life in general?

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Richard Brody The New Yorker Mar 7
The movie’s dialogue could be published to be savored at leisure, but its brilliant pace and tone owe a huge amount to Jaoui, whose Barbie is one of the greatest, most inspired and imaginative performances I’ve seen onscreen in a while. Go to Full Review Guy Lodge Variety 05/16/2024
Minus the director’s first-hand input, editor François Quiqueré assembles what may be an appropriately diffuse patchwork of a life in disarray, but the structuring stresses and specificities that make a rich character study are missing. Go to Full Review Christian Blauvelt IndieWire 05/15/2024
B-
The film she’s left behind, though, is as personal a legacy as one could imagine; if, sadly, an incomplete one. If “This Life of Mine” feels imbued with Fillières in every frame, it feels less like Fillières’ film in its editing, Go to Full Review Nadine Whitney The Curb Mar 15
This Life of Mine misses some marks in places – but overall, it is a sweet curio enriched by Agnès Jaoui’s depiction of a woman whose journey to locate herself will resonate with many women. Go to Full Review Alex Heeney Seventh Row Mar 5
Fillières’ hugely witty and very funny film tells Barberie’s story of trying to find a new lease on life with tenderness and aplomb. Go to Full Review Emma Kiely Collider 11/22/2024
5/10
It’s an uneven swan song that feels out of place in today’s cinematic sensibilities, but surely one not too egregious to detract from the rest of Fillières’ career. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Sophie Fillières

Director

Agnès Jaoui

Barberie Bichette

Angelina Woreth

Rose

Édouard Sulpice

Junior

Valérie Donzelli

La soeur de Barbie

Laurent Capelluto

Bertrand
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Movie Info

Synopsis Barberie Bichette, known to her biggest despair as Barbie, may have been beautiful, a good mother, a reliable colleague, a great lover, yes, perhaps… but that was before she predictably and inevitably turned 55 (and much more to come!). Now, things are getting darker, sometimes violent and often absurd. How then will she deal with her own self, others, and simply life in general?
Director
Sophie Fillières
Producer
Julie Salvador
Screenwriter
Sophie Fillières
Production Co
Christmas In July
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
French
Runtime
1h 39m