My Life Is Hell

My Life Is Hell
Directed by Josiane Balasko
Produced by Farid Chaouche
Written by Josiane Balasko
Joël Houssin
Starring Daniel Auteuil
Josiane Balasko
Music by Les Rita Mitsouko
Cinematography Dominique Chapuis
Release dates
  • 4 December 1991
Running time
 105 minutes
Country France
Language French
Box office $8,778,922 [1]

My Life Is Hell (French: Ma vie est un enfer) is a 1991 French comedy film directed by Josiane Balasko.[2]

Plot

Leah Lemonnier (Josiane Balasko), 35 years ols, leads a dreary and depressing life between her work as secretary of a dentist who spends his time in scolded, her analyst (Richard Berry) who sees in it only a source of income, her neighbor, Mr. Schpil, sexually obsessed and party animal (Jean Benguigui) and his mother (Catherine Samie) nymphomaniac, selfish, greedy, narcissistic and contemptuous. But one day, she unwittingly invokes the devil. He have the face of a handsome devil, Abargadon says "Abar" (Daniel Auteuil), who offers her a deal: he starts her service until her death in exchange of her soul.

Leah signs the pact, she turns into a dream creature to seduce her shrink. Soon canceled by the intervention of the Archangel Gabriel who is moved by the naivety of the young woman who tells Abar he was wrong prey and the target was in fact his mother. Gabriel cancels the agreement and all power to ote Abar. But Leah begins to find attractive Abargadon and decides to save his soul. She pleads in his favor and accept the archangel provided qu'Abar not commit any sin for a period of several weeks.

Leah and Abar live in a seedy hotel. At a hotel fire, Abargadon saves a child but Leah is on the verge of death, poisoned by smoke. Abargadon decides to save her from giving her blood transfusion. By this gesture, the Archangel Gabriel decides to save his soul and make it become human.

A few months later, Leah, become demon, is the head of a pharmaceutical company. It surprises Abar robbing the business in order to steal patents. It offers a contract to become mortal Abar against his soul. This one, taking advantage of prior knowledge, negotiating a favorable contract: a long life of carnal love between him and his love.

Cast

Development

In 1993, the movie is presented to the Adelaide Film Festival, in Australia.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=5054
  2. ↑ "My-Life-Is-Hell - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". nytimes.com. Retrieved 2014-01-26.

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