La Vie très privée de Monsieur Sim (2015)
Directed by Michel Leclerc

Comedy / Drama
aka: The Very Private Life of Mister Sim

Film Synopsis

Monsieur Sim is a man who has lost his zest for living.  After losing his wife and his job, he travels to Italy to see his father, but the latter cannot even be bothered to share his meals with him.  Then he receives an unexpected proposition: to travel the length and breadth of France to sell a revolutionary new kind of toothbrush, one that markets itself as a milestone in oral hygiene.  Monsieur Sim takes advantage of his new profession to revisit his past, including his first love and his daughter...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Michel Leclerc
  • Script: Michel Leclerc, Jonathan Coe (novel)
  • Cinematographer: Guillaume Deffontaines
  • Cast: Jean-Pierre Bacri (François Sim), Isabelle Gélinas (Caroline), Vimala Pons (Poppy), Sixtine Dutheil (Lucy), Christian Bouillette (Jacques Sim), Vincent Lacoste (Jacques Sim (20 ans)), Félix Moati (Francis), Carole Franck (Audrey), Jeanne Cherhal (Emmanuelle), Mathieu Amalric (Samuel), Valeria Golino (Luigia), Linh Dan Pham (Liam), Venantino Venantini (M. Matteotti), Patrick d'Assumçao (Le voisin d'avion), Tiphaine Daviot (L'hôtesse de l'air), Rodolphe Pauly (Le voleur de portable), Daniel-Jean Colloredo (Gabriel), François Bureloup (Patrio Biobuccal), Fabian Richard (Le banquier), Catherine Aymerie (La mère de Poppy)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 102 min
  • Aka: The Very Private Life of Mister Sim ; The Terrible Privacy of Mr. Sim

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