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Of Love and Lies

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!

2019 |1h 45m |  Comedy, Drama

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Cast

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François Damiens

Laurent

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Maleaume Paquin

Théo, aka "Fourmi"

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André Dussollier

Claude

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Ludivine Sagnier

Chloé

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Laetitia Dosch

Sarah

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Sébastien Chassagne

Antoine

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Didier Brice

Banal

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Cassiopée Mayance

Romane

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Pierre Gommé

Max

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Nicolas Wanczycki

Éric

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Pierre Diot

President of the Club

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Jonathan Waite

Arsenal recruiter

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Laurent Orry

Interpreter

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Martine Schambacher

Max's grandmother

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Matthieu Rozé

Pôle-Emploi advisor

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Nasser Zerkoune

Aggressive guy

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Stéphane Hausauer

Father spectator

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Dimitri Michelsen

Max's neighbor

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Léo Dussollier

Friend of Eric

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Juliette Mézergues

Head of the cooperative

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Jean-Philippe Goudroye

Bar customer

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Marc Raffray

Shaved customer

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Catherine Davenier

Director of Social Services

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Jacques Ledran

College Director

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Louis-Marie Audubert

Coach Lille

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Fabien Gauthier

Referee

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Clara Brajtman

Interpreter

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Delphine Lanniel

History teacher

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Guillaume Le Pape

Fireman

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Stéphane Valensi

Man in suit

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Status

Released

Language

French, English

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