Of Love and Lies
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Twelve-year old Theo plays for a local soccer club and has enough talent to eventually go pro. But his father has been on a self-destructive spiral ever since he started drinking and got divorced, and Theo feels powerless and anxious as he watches his dad slowly destroying his own life. But he refuses to give up on him. When a recruiter for a prestigious British club takes notice of him, Theo sees an opportunity to rekindle his father’s hope, but despite all his efforts he is not selected. So he decides to lie and say he was, hoping to make his father happy and proud. Theo’s dad is so overjoyed that he puts all his heart into helping his son prepare for “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” gradually regaining his taste for life and motivation for the future. Until the lie reaches unforeseen proportions and completely spins out of control. Thankfully, Theo’s little lie has already operated big change and generated so much hope, that life is able to get back on track. Only better!
Status: Released
Released Date: 2019-02-03
Runtime: 105 mins
Director: Julien Rappeneau
Spoken language: Français, English
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Original title: Of Love and Lies
Production Companies: The Film, TF1 Studio, France 2 Cinéma, SCOPE Pictures, RTBF
Production Countries: Belgium, France
Cast
François Damiens
Maleaume Paquin
André Dussollier
Ludivine Sagnier
Laetitia Dosch
Sébastien Chassagne
Didier Brice
Cassiopée Mayance
Pierre Gommé
Ismaël Dramé
Nicolas Wanczycki
Pierre Diot
Jonathan Waite
Laurent Orry
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