The film centers on Étienne, who lives in Rouen with his mother and grandmother and intends to take part in the national figure skating championship. For his 16th birthday, his grandmother gives him a digital camcorder as a present, which he starts to use immediately (supplying the introductory scenes of the film).
Étienne films anything and everything around him – his family, his teacher Laurent, Ludovic, his best friend, himself figure skating, the sea, steep cliffs. As for Ludovic and his geography teacher, it soon becomes apparent that his obsession with them is grounded in more than just artistic pursuits. Étienne's homosexuality becomes more and more clear both to him and the audience over the course of the film.
Even though Étienne is determined to make this year "the year of love", the year when everything turns around for him, things do not go as well as anticipated. He makes a blunder in his figure skating performance and only achieves second place. And when he starts, very carefully, to talk to Ludovic about the possibility of two men being in love, Ludovic runs away.
In the final minutes of the film, the purpose of Étienne's video diary gets clear: Feeling he has failed in what he set out to do and being deeply hurt by Ludovic's resentment, Étienne decides to jump from the cliff and leave the camcorder (which he sets up to film his suicide) behind to explain to his family what he went through.
Luckily, a stranger walks by at that moment and notices the boy close to the cliff and his camera nearby. The final scene shows the stranger and Étienne in bed after sex, with Étienne seeming truly happy for the first time.
life, french, vraie, rouen, real, life, rouen, 2002, french, teen, drama, film, directed, olivier, ducastel, jacques, martineau, which, tracks, year, life, teenage, figure, skater, quasi, documentary, video, diary, style, french, theatrical, release, posterfre. My Life on Ice French Ma vraie vie a Rouen lit My real life in Rouen is a 2002 French teen drama film directed by Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau which tracks a year in the life of a teenage figure skater in a quasi documentary video diary style My Life on IceFrench theatrical release posterFrenchMa vraie vie a RouenDirected byOlivier Ducastel Jacques MartineauWritten byOlivier Ducastel Jacques MartineauProduced byNicolas BlancStarringAriane Ascaride Jonathan Zaccai Helene Surgere Lucas Bonnifait Jimmy TavaresCinematographyMatthieu Poirot Delpech Pierre MilonEdited bySabine MamouMusic byPhilippe MillerProductioncompaniesAgat Films amp Cie Canal Distributed byRezo FilmsRelease dates5 August 2002 2002 08 05 Locarno 26 February 2003 2003 02 26 France Running time102 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrenchBox office 77 618 1 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 References 4 External linksPlot editThe film centers on Etienne who lives in Rouen with his mother and grandmother and intends to take part in the national figure skating championship For his 16th birthday his grandmother gives him a digital camcorder as a present which he starts to use immediately supplying the introductory scenes of the film Etienne films anything and everything around him his family his teacher Laurent Ludovic his best friend himself figure skating the sea steep cliffs As for Ludovic and his geography teacher it soon becomes apparent that his obsession with them is grounded in more than just artistic pursuits Etienne s homosexuality becomes more and more clear both to him and the audience over the course of the film Even though Etienne is determined to make this year the year of love the year when everything turns around for him things do not go as well as anticipated He makes a blunder in his figure skating performance and only achieves second place And when he starts very carefully to talk to Ludovic about the possibility of two men being in love Ludovic runs away In the final minutes of the film the purpose of Etienne s video diary gets clear Feeling he has failed in what he set out to do and being deeply hurt by Ludovic s resentment Etienne decides to jump from the cliff and leave the camcorder which he sets up to film his suicide behind to explain to his family what he went through Luckily a stranger walks by at that moment and notices the boy close to the cliff and his camera nearby The final scene shows the stranger and Etienne in bed after sex with Etienne seeming truly happy for the first time Cast editJimmy Tavares as Etienne Ariane Ascaride as Caroline Etienne s mother Jonathan Zaccai as Laurent Etienne s teacher and his mother s boyfriend Helene Surgere fr as Etienne s grandmother Lucas Bonnifait as Ludovic Etienne s best friend Hanako Bron as Vanessa Ludovic s girlfriend Frederic Gorny as the young man at the cliffReferences edit Ma vraie vie a Rouen Box Office Mojo External links editMy Life on Ice at IMDb nbsp nbsp This article related to a French film of the 2000s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a drama film with a lesbian gay bisexual or transgender theme is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title My Life on Ice amp oldid 1114221643, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
