My Life in Pink

"Sometimes you just have to be yourself."

1997 1h 28m FR

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6.9

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93%

CERTIFIED FRESH

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7.5

IMDB

★6.9TMDB · 115🍅93%Rotten Tomatoes★7.5IMDB · 9,082

DramaComedy

Synopsis

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Ludovic is waiting for a miracle. With six-year-old certainty, she believes she was meant to be a little girl -- and that the mistake will soon be corrected. But where she expects the miraculous, Ludo finds only rejection, isolation, and guilt -- as the intense reactions of family, friends, and neighbors strip away every innocent lace and bauble.

“Sometimes you just have to be yourself.”

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Cast

Georges Du Fresne
Ludovic Fabre
Michèle Laroque
Hanna Fabre
Jean-Philippe Écoffey
Pierre Fabre
Hélène Vincent
Élisabeth
Cristine Barget
Zoé Fabre
Daniel Hanssens
Albert
Laurence Bibot
Lisette
Julien Rivière
Jérôme

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Alain Berliner
Writers: Chris Vander Stappen, Chris Vander Stappen, Alain Berliner
Languages: French
Countries: France, Belgium, Switzerland, United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Shot for just $3.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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3 / 8

ERA

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29 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 4 countries: France, Belgium, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Alain Berliner, shot by Yves Cape. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Dominique Dalcan. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Sandrine Deegen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Georges Du Fresne and Michèle Laroque and Jean-Philippe Écoffey carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Alain Berliner directs. Yves Cape behind the camera. Dominique Dalcan scores. Sandrine Deegen cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in France, Belgium, Switzerland, United Kingdom. Dialogue in French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Shot for just $3.2M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
329 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
4International production across 4 countries: France, Belgium, Switzerland, United Kingdom.
5Directed by Alain Berliner, shot by Yves Cape. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Dominique Dalcan. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Sandrine Deegen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Georges Du Fresne and Michèle Laroque and Jean-Philippe Écoffey carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Sometimes you just have to be yourself.".
10IMDB entry: tt0119590 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 9 themes, including "coming out", "transvestism", "belgium", "family relationships".

The technical file

Cinematography: Yves Cape
Original score: Dominique Dalcan
Editing: Sandrine Deegen
Production design: Véronique Melery
Costume design: Karen Muller Serreau
Makeup / hair: Kaatje Van Damme
VFX supervisor: Bruno Maillard
Sound: Philippe Baudhuin
Runtime: 88 min · 1h 28m
Status: Released
Budget: $3,200,000
Box office: $7,100,000
Return: 222% of budget
Original language: FR
Certification (US): R
IMDB: My Life in Pink (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes: 93% 🍅 Fresh
IMDB rating: 7.5/10 · 9,082 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award13 wins & 7 nominations total

Crystal Globe
European Film Award for Best Screenwriter
Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film

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Crazypiglady2023-01-05
Transgender Ludovic (Ludo) tries to live as a girl and the story of her journey to acceptance involves her innocent fantasies and dreams as well as the hard reality of school, friends and her family’s parallel journey to understanding. As family and neighbours face conflicts both within themselves and each other, decisions and opinions lead to situations which, although traumatic, ultimately lead to an understanding of Ludo by her family and for Ludo, that she is not alone. The subject is treated sensitively and a playful innocence gives the film a positive, affirming tone to what could have been a bleak storyline.

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