The Ex-Wife of My Life

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The Ex-Wife of My Life
L'Ex femme de ma vie poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Josiane Balasko
Written byJosiane Balasko
Produced byJosiane Balasko
Louis Becker
Starring Karin Viard
Thierry Lhermitte
Josiane Balasko
CinematographyPascal Gennesseaux
Edited byClaudine Merlin
Music by Mark Russell
Production
company
ICE3
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • 2 February 2005 (2005-02-02)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$8.2 million
Box office$6.8 million [1]

The Ex-Wife of My Life or L'Ex-femme de ma vie is a 2005 French comedy-drama film directed by Josiane Balasko and starring Balasko, Karin Viard and Thierry Lhermitte. It is the sixth film directed by Balasko.

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Plot

Tom is a successful popular novelist. He will soon marry again. However, he meets his previous wife in a restaurant. She is penniless, homeless, and seven and a half months pregnant. She asks him for help. Tom decides to host her. Quickly, his ex-wife and her psychiatrist friend invade his home.

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Release

The film premiered at the Marrakech International Film Festival in 2004.

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References

  1. "L\'Ex-femme de ma vie (2005) - JPBox-Office".