Life Kills Me

Paul is a smart, university educated Frenchman of North African ancestry. He's a smooth talker, but he can't seem to get a job worthy of his skills. He ends up living in a single room, struggling to get by while going on many fruitless job interviews, during which he tries to impress his potential employers by turning his pizza delivery job into a tall tale about revamping the whole pizza chain. But at some point, they always seem to "see through him." He retreats into the boxing ring. His secretly gay brother Daniel also has trouble finding his place in the world. He spends all his time bodybuilding and takes dangerous drugs to enhance his physique. He dreams of being the next Schwarzenegger, but is forced to settle for a demeaning job as a "star" in a Hamburg sex club. Based on Jack-Alain Léger's novel

4.1

86 min

Cast

Sami Bouajila

as Paul Smaïl

Jalil Lespert

as Daniel Smaïl

Sylvie Testud

as Myriam

Simon Bakinde

as Diop

Roger Ibáñez

as M. Louis

Mohamed Ourdache

Marc Andréoni

as Monsieur Benny

François Sinapi

as Pequod

Lucien Longueville

as Monsieur Barthas

M'hamed Benguettaf

as Le père Smaïl

Philippe Duclos

as Mr. Suard

Tassadit Mandi

as La mère Smaïl

Teco Celio

as Le père de Myriam

Xavier de Guillebon

as DRC Aligrofarm

Djemel Barek

as Tarik

Director

Jean-Pierre Sinapi