My Man
In Lyon, where many are unemployed, Marie is a prostitute who loves her work: she's thoughtful and exuberant toward clients old and young, slim or flabby. One night, a homeless man sleeps in the foyer of her apartment house; she gives him a hot meal, then a place on the floor to sleep by her radiator, then she offers herself. She falls in love, giving him new life, clothes, a place to live. When he grouses that he must bar hop while she uses the flat for her work, she finds them a larger flat. He grows restless, seducing a manicurist and pressing her to prostitution. He's arrested for procuring, so Marie must decide what to do; he, too, must face the consequences of his choices.
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Cast
23 people
Anouk Grinberg
Marie Abarth
Known for
The Night of the 12th
The Innocent
Gérard Lanvin
Jeannot
Known for
Camping
A Gang Story
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Sanguine
Known for
Human Capital
Like Crazy
Olivier Martinez
Jean-François
Known for
Unfaithful
The Physician
Dominique Lollia
Mélissa
Known for
Chronicles of the Sun
Dominique Valadié
Gilberte
Known for
Our Happy Holiday
The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan
Jacques François
2nd client
Known for
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
The Toy
Robert Hirsch
Mr. Hervé
Known for
125 rue Montmartre
Shock Treatment
Bernard Fresson
Director of personnel
Known for
The Tenant
French Connection II
Jacques Gamblin
4th client
Known for
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life
The Names of Love
Bernard Le Coq
inspecteur Marvier
Known for
Caché
Joyeux Noel
Mathieu Kassovitz
1st client
Known for
Amélie
The Wolf's Call
Bertrand Blier Director · Barry White Composer Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki Composer
Worldwide gross $3.5M · Budget $12M · United States release August 15, 1997
Box office
Budget
$11,800,000
Worldwide gross
$3,500,000
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
Les Films Alain Sarde
Production
Plateau A
Production
StudioCanal
Studio
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Mon homme
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · January 31, 1996
Theatrical
United States · August 15, 1997
Theatrical
Czechia
August 15, 1996 · Theatrical
Estonia
July 25, 1997 · Theatrical
Germany
June 1, 1996 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
September 25, 1997 · Theatrical
Hungary
November 14, 1996 · Theatrical
Japan
December 21, 1996 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 28, 1996 · Theatrical
Poland
November 8, 1996 · Theatrical
Portugal
July 24, 1998 · Theatrical
Russia
January 12, 1998 · Theatrical
South Korea
December 6, 1997 · Theatrical
Spain
May 30, 1996 · Theatrical
Sweden
August 18, 2023 · Digital
Türkiye
September 13, 1996 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 23, 1997 · Theatrical
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