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Tough Luck (2010)
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Original name: Y'en aura pas de facile
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Lorsque vous rencontrez Réjean, (Rémy Girard) il est impossible de séparer le monde réel de son imaginaire. Biographe de métier, son rôle est d’embellir la vie de ses clients. Très bientôt, Réjean sera confronté au même problème sur le site de rencontre Réseau Contact. Il doit faire parvenir une vidéo qui parle de lui, de sa vie. Bref, d’être vendeur. Hésitant, il commence à raconter sa vie à la caméra. Tant bien que mal, il essaye désespérément de reconstruire sa vie tel qu’il s’en souvient. Malheureusement, sa profession déteint sur sa propre histoire. Pris au jeu, il choisira la facilité en se cachant derrière sa technique, pour faire de sa vie une aventure rocambolesque digne d’un auteur à succès. Une histoire à la fois drôle et poignante remplie d’intrigues où le spectateur tentera de discerner le vrai du faux. Y’en aura pas de facile.
Style:
poignant, metafiction, mockumentary
Plot:
storytelling, character study, loneliness, imagination, identity, regret, intimate, midlife crisis, absurd humor, nostalgia, satire, everyday life, absurdism, small town, unreliable narrator, french canadian
Time:
contemporary
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