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Of Love and Lies

Of Love and Lies

2019•1h 45m•6.5/10
ComedyDrama

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6.5/10(71)

Twelve-year old Theo plays for a local soccer club and has enough talent to eventually go pro. But his father has been on a self-destructive spiral ever since he started drinking and got divorced, and Theo feels powerless and anxious as he watches his dad slowly destroying his own life. But he refuses to give up on him. When a recruiter for a prestigious British club takes notice of him, Theo sees an opportunity to rekindle his father’s hope, but despite all his efforts he is not selected. So he decides to lie and say he was, hoping to make his father happy and proud. Theo’s dad is so overjoyed that he puts all his heart into helping his son prepare for “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” gradually regaining his taste for life and motivation for the future. Until the lie reaches unforeseen proportions and completely spins out of control. Thankfully, Theo’s little lie has already operated big change and generated so much hope, that life is able to get back on track. Only better!

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Production

The Film, TF1 Studio, France 2 Cinéma, SCOPE Pictures, RTBF

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

François Damiens

François Damiens

Laurent

Maleaume Paquin

Maleaume Paquin

Théo, aka "Fourmi"

André Dussollier

André Dussollier

Claude

Ludivine Sagnier

Ludivine Sagnier

Chloé

Laetitia Dosch

Laetitia Dosch

Sarah

Sébastien Chassagne

Sébastien Chassagne

Antoine

Didier Brice

Didier Brice

Banal

Cassiopée Mayance

Cassiopée Mayance

Romane

Pierre Gommé

Pierre Gommé

Max

Ismaël Dramé

Karim

Nicolas Wanczycki

Nicolas Wanczycki

Éric

Pierre Diot

Pierre Diot

President of the Club

Jonathan Waite

Jonathan Waite

Arsenal recruiter

Laurent Orry

Laurent Orry

Interpreter

Martine Schambacher

Martine Schambacher

Max's grandmother

Matthieu Rozé

Matthieu Rozé

Pôle-Emploi advisor

Nasser Zerkoune

Nasser Zerkoune

Aggressive guy

Stéphane Hausauer

Stéphane Hausauer

Father spectator

Dimitri Michelsen

Dimitri Michelsen

Max's neighbor

Léo Dussollier

Léo Dussollier

Friend of Eric

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