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Actors: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Devos, Marianne Denicourt, Chiara Mastroianni, Denis Podalydès, Roland Amstutz
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument |
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MY SEX LIFE... OR HOW I GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT (Comment je me suis disputé... (ma vie sexuelle)) is a French movie written and directed by Arnaud Desplechin in 1996. Mathieu Amalric earned the 1997 French Academy award in the Most Promising Actor category for this film.
Paul Dedalus is teaching philosophy and is not in a hurry to write his thesis mainly because he is too busy to manage his sex life. For ten years now, Paul is going out with Esther but both, although they sincerely love each other, hang out at quarreling each time they are socializing. Paul is also in love with Sylvia, his best friend Nathan's girl-friend, but his principles forbid him from betraying Nathan. Now, after having just definitively broken up with Esther, he starts a new affair with the domineering Valérie.
These sexual experiments and also the numerous philosophical conversations (the movie lasts almost 3 hours) Paul has with his friends will little by little change him emotionally, drive him to complete his thesis and, finally, let him deal with women in a more adult way.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- love triangle/polygon
- boatload of casual sex without love
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- teacher/professor
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- red
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) average
Unclothed?
- full frontal
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- teacher/professor
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) muscular
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
City?
Yes
City:
- Paris
Misc setting
- school
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- seeing full frontal--women
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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