Life for Real

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Life for Real
La Vie pour de vrai 2023 film poster.png
Theatrical release poster
French La Vie pour de vrai
Directed by Dany Boon
Written byDany Boon
Produced by Jérôme Seydoux
Starring
CinematographyGlynn Speeckaert [1]
Music byAlexandre Lecluyse [2]
Production
companies
Distributed byPathé
Release date
  • 19 April 2023 (2023-04-19)(France)
Running time
110 minutes [3]
Countries
  • France
  • Belgium
LanguageFrench
Budget€23-31.3 million [4] [5]
Box office6.1 million [6]

Life for Real (French : La Vie pour de vrai) is a 2023 comedy film written and directed by Dany Boon. [7] It is a co-production between France and Belgium. The film stars Boon, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Kad Merad. It was theatrically released by Pathé on 19 April 2023.

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Synopsis

Tridan Lagache has spent his life at Club Med, changing friends every 8 days. At 50, he resigned from the Mexican vacation club where he was born, determined to find, 42 years later, his great childhood love, Violette.

In Paris, he discovers he has a half-brother, Louis, who he stays with. To get rid of his new guest, Louis convinces his friend Roxane to pretend to be Violette, whom Tridan thinks he recognizes at first sight.

Cast

Production

Life for Real was produced by Jérôme Seydoux, [3] co-produced through Pathé, 26 Db Productions, and TF1 Films Production. Shooting commenced on 16 May 2022 and took place between Italy, Belgium and France. [8] [9]

Release

The film was theatrically released by Pathé on 19 April 2023. [10]

Reception

Box office

Life for Real grossed $6.1 million in France, and $38,778 in other territories, for a worldwide total of $6.1 million. [6]

In France, the film opened alongside Evil Dead Rise , La Plus Belle pour aller danser, The Conference , La Dernière Reine, Chien de la casse, Avant l'effondrement, and Blue Jean . The film sold 80,254 admissions on its first day, [11] 39,129 of which were preview screenings. [12] It went on to sell 351,479 admissions in its opening weekend, finishing 3rd at the box office, behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie and The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan . [13] At the end of its theatrical run, the film sold a total of 802,694 admissions. [12]

Critical response

Life for Real received an average rating of 2.8 out of 5 stars on the French website AlloCiné, based on 26 reviews. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "La vie pour de vrai". Association française des directrices et directeurs de la photographie cinématographique (in French). Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  2. ↑ Chalvet, Tristan (2 April 2023). "Dany Boon, Kad Merad et Charlotte Gainsbourg de passage à Saint-Omer". L'Indépendant du Pas-de-Calais (in French). Nord Littoral. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  3. 1 2 "La vie pour de vrai" (in French). Pathé Films . Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  4. ↑ Mignard, Frédéric (20 April 2023). "Premier Jour France : La vie pour de vrai, un Dany Boon trop cher". CinéDweller.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. 1 2 "Life for Real (2023)". Box Office Mojo . IMDb . Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  7. ↑ Lachasse, Jérôme; Fleury, Claire (18 April 2023). "Dany Boon de retour avec "La Vie pour de vrai", une comédie romantique inspirée de sa vie". BFMTV (in French). Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  8. ↑ Formica, Vincent (22 May 2022). "Dany Boon dans Rien à déclarer : quelle sera sa prochaine comédie à succès au cinéma ?". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "Dany Boon partage des images du tournage de La vie pour de vrai". La Voix du Nord (in French). 7 June 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  10. ↑ Bajos, Sandrine; Balle, Catherine; Baronian, Renaud; Jaeglé, Yves; Valentin, Michel (18 April 2023). "Sorties cinéma du 19 avril : Sur l'Adamant, la Vie pour de vrai ... les films à voir (ou pas)" . Le Parisien (in French). Archived from the original on 14 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  11. ↑ Colon, Tanguy (20 April 2023). "Box-office 1er jour : La Vie pour de vrai convainc timidement". Boxoffice Pro (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  12. 1 2 "La Vie pour de vrai (2023)". JP Box-Office (in French). Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  13. ↑ Mrad, Slim (24 April 2023). "Box-office week-end : les 4 millions pour Mario, les 2 millions pour D'Artagnan". Boxoffice Pro (in French). Retrieved 15 May 2023.
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