My Best Part (2020)

Original title

Garçon chiffon

Directed by

Nicolas Maury

Genre

comedy film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

14

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 78 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An actor named Jérémie returns to live with his mother after losing his boyfriend and struggling with his career. He tries to rebuild his life while navigating family dynamics and personal setbacks.

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What happens

My Best Part (French: Garçon chiffon) is a 2020 French comedy-drama film, directed by Nicolas Maury. The film stars Maury as Jérémie, an actor who moves back home to live with his mother Bernadette (Nathalie Baye) after setbacks in his career and his romantic life with his boyfriend Albert (Arnaud Valois). The film was named as an official selection of the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, although it was not screened at that time due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France; it instead had its theatrical premiere on August 28 at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival. It was screened for distributors in the Industry Selects program at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, and had its commercial premiere on October 28. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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