Lie with Me

2023 1h 38m FR

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7.3

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★7.3TMDB · 153

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Synopsis

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An author returns to his hometown of Cognac for the first time in 35 years to help promote a distillery. Once there, he meets his first love’s son, Lucas. Memories come rushing back to him: irrepressible attraction, bodies becoming one in the heat of desire, a passion that can never be revealed… His first love’s name was Thomas. They were 17.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Guillaume de Tonquédec
Stéphane Belcourt
Victor Belmondo
Lucas Andrieu
Guilaine Londez
Gaëlle Flamand
Jéremy Gillet
Stéphane Belcourt (Young)
Julien de Saint Jean
Thomas Andrieu
Pierre-Alain Chapuis
Mr. Dejean
Cyril Couton
The Bookstore Owner
Marilou Gallais
Lucas' Grandmother

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Olivier Peyon
Writers: Cécilia Rouaud, Olivier Peyon, Vincent Poymiro
Languages: English, French
Countries: France

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MONEY

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Shot for just $2.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Earned back only 30% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Olivier Peyon, shot by Martin Rit. 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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Editor Damien Maestraggi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Guillaume de Tonquédec and Victor Belmondo and Guilaine Londez carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt18626656 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Olivier Peyon directs. Martin Rit behind the camera. Damien Maestraggi cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in France. Dialogue in English, French.

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Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $2.1M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Earned back only 30% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
3Released 3 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.
5Directed by Olivier Peyon, shot by Martin Rit. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Damien Maestraggi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Guillaume de Tonquédec and Victor Belmondo and Guilaine Londez carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt18626656 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Martin Rit
Editing: Damien Maestraggi
Costume design: Oriol Nogues
Makeup / hair: Flore Chandès
Runtime: 98 min · 1h 38m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $2,100,000
Box office: $636,052
Return: 30% of budget
Original language: FR
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Lie with Me (2023)

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CinemaSerf2023-08-24
★ 7/10
Writer Stéphane Belcourt (Guillaume de Tonquédoc) has been suffering from a bit of a creative block when he agrees to return to his childhood home to do a presentation for it's legendary cognac producer. Somewhat disinterested in the whole affair he is greeted by the effusive "Gaëlle" (an increasingly scene-stealing Guiliane Londez) who races around ferrying him from pillar to post in quite a frenetic fashion. Quite by chance, there are some visiting Americans at the vineyard and they are being guided by "Lucas" (Victor Belmondo). The latter man has a surname that triggers memories in the former and now we are taken on a parallel tracked story that illustrates forbidden (first) love from 1984, and offers a shot at redemption for both the younger and the older man. The story is gently paced and the acting - especially from Jérémy Gillet as the author in his younger years - is really quite potent. The story of bigotry and conformity - and the lifelong ramifications for all concerned of fear and shame is played out stylishly and set against a backdrop of conflicted history. A community that lives it's life largely as it makes it's luxury "elixir" - in a time honoured fashion - finds that perhaps the best from that time has now passed. As I watched, I couldn't help wonder just how many people actually lived their lives like this - stuck with an opportunity-free rural existence amongst a gene pool of relationships that was never going to satisfy those more creative, imaginative and , of course, gay who emerged! This is well worth a watch - and Belmondo is a dead ringer for his grand-father too!
kinrich302026-08-29
★ 8/10
This is a story told in two different times, one as two seniors in high school who fall in love, but their relationship does not last; and the other many years later when one of them returns to the town after becoming a famous writer. \[Spoilers Ahead\] One of the guys left town and became a successful writer and he is invited back to the town 35 years after leaving it to be a speaker for a celebration at a local company. Now in his fifties, he encounters the son of his high school boyfriend in what he believes a chance encounter. In time he finds out that his former boyfriend passed away tragically a year ago and that the son had deduced that he had a relationship with his father and secretly arranged for him to get the invitation to speak so he could question him about their relationship. When this comes to light, it leads to a confrontation between them. In time all truths are revealed and the writer gets some answers to questions that he had about what happened decades ago and he and the son part as friends. It is a thought-provoking story and a fairly good story that deals with unanswered questions and how that shapes you. It is not a happy story, nor does it have a happy ending, but it is worth watching.