This Life of Mine / Ma vie, ma gueule
Barbie was once an attractive woman, a devoted mother and perhaps even a good lover. But she faces newfound challenges as she now turns 55 and she grapples with her identity, relationships and life’s absurdities. There is a violence to the strange phenomena that conspire to suffocate her.
Agnes Jaoui is filmmaker Sophie Fillieres' alter ego in this funny and touching portrait of female midlife crisis. The late writer-director’s talent for quirky situations and sharp dialogue is at its apex here, nimbly weaving on the universal theme of the anguish of aging. It’s appealing, it’s scary and even violent. But, like Barbie, we must come to terms with it, somehow.
Presented in partnership with the French Embassy in Ireland and Alliance Française