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On his sixteenth birthday Etienne is given a video camera so that he can record his figure skating sessions as he prepaes for the French Cup. Obsessed by his new toy he starts to record every detail of his daily life and of those close to him. But does Ethienne know what he means when he tells his best friend Ludovic that this .. Read more

Starring	Jimmy Tavares, Ariane Ascaride, Jonathan Zaccai, Helene Surgere
Director	Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- The video diary is possibly the easiest form of DIY film-making, but it's a demanding format to fake - or watch. Asking... read more on Time Out
- 128764
- - Time Out
  - 07 Aug 2010 at 06:00
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  interesting low-buget indie film
  
  A 'coming of age' movie about a teenager who is given a video camera. He begins to obsessively video everything around him but in the process ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 05 Nov 2005 at 08:42
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- - 0
  - 0
  Boringly Dull
  
  The concept on paper may have looked very good but the actual execution left me cold. The execution I know was trying to emulate a 16 year old with a new camera... read more »
  
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- - OscarFreak
  - 294 reviews
  - London
  - 09 Dec 2011 at 16:39
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  This is life
  
  Having read the reviews already published, I think the clientele for this film were polarized, either wanting gay sex or a hollywood film.
  
  This is ... read more »
  
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- - Guy Peterson
  - England
  - 27 Jul 2011 at 22:20
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  What's French for "Slow"? Lentement?? And then some!!
  
  Very disappointing! Very slow! Very tedious. No plot to speak of, could only be a French film. Soft soft porn masquerading as
  
  soft porn. Quite ... read more »
  
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- - jackjojo
  - 12 reviews
  - Sheffield
  - 31 May 2011 at 11:00
- - 0
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  Slow but interesting....
  
  .... eventually! Amateurish low budget hand-held camera work but good if you are practicing your french as not only the film, which is sub-titled, but the ... read more »
  
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- - Marko2
  - 8 reviews
  - Didcot, Oxford
  - 18 Feb 2010 at 17:54
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  An excellent remedy for sleeplessness
  
  What a tedious load of irrelevant, pretentious, going nowhere, boring rubbish. Irritating beyond belief - and stupid.
  
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  - Bath
  - 25 Jan 2010 at 11:09
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  Entertaining
  
  Worth a watch, quite well made
  
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- - lawsonchamberlain
  - 83 reviews
  - Doncaster
  - 13 Nov 2009 at 11:09
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  not bad
  
  film was ok i was a bit disapointed with his best mate and i screamed at the end but the film had a point and i did feel the same way when i was young
  
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- - captainwow
  - 3 reviews
  - Worcester
  - 12 Aug 2009 at 04:50
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  Ma Vie...... what on earth was that
  
  I thought this might be of reasonable quality. But the shaky camera and the poor scripting made it a letdown.
  
  I dont think that I'd rent another ... read more »
  
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  - Falkirk
  - 02 Jun 2009 at 19:26
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  so subtle you can forget you are watching it
  
  This is supposed to be a subtle coming of age film. Well, it is certainly subtle and unusual, but as for plot... forget it. It's all about a teenager with... read more »
  
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  - Bampton
  - 30 Mar 2009 at 22:39
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  APPALLING
  
  If you're thinking of renting Ma Vie please do not waste either your time or your money
  
  This film is abyssmal in every way. There is absolutely... read more »
  
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- - Aladdin
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  - Sheffield
  - 19 Feb 2009 at 10:47
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  interesting low-buget indie film
  
  A 'coming of age' movie about a teenager who is given a video camera. He begins to obsessively video everything around him but in the process ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 05 Nov 2005 at 08:42
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  Lowkey coming of age story
  
  Yes the film IS glacially slow as other reviewers point out, and not at all what I expected from the upbeat trailer I saw with another film, but I enjoyed its ... read more »
  
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  - Glasgow, Scotland
  - 13 Jan 2005 at 15:30
- - 10
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  curiously Involving
  
  made for about a tenner you do though get a sense of intimacy with the 'film- maker'.
  
  I only stuck with it since there was nothing else on or... read more »
  
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- - rightcharlie.com
  - London
  - 13 Sep 2007 at 10:04
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  Very involving....
  
  Nicely done "home made" style movie about an up and coming french Ice Skater who is also dealing with his confused sexuality.
  
  Nicely put ... read more »
  
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- - ldaniels69
  - Northamptonshire
  - 30 Jul 2004 at 14:46
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  A clever conceit
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  Sixteen year-old Etienne gets a digital camcorder from his grandmother, and sets about terrorising his friends and family with it. Well, perhaps not, since ... read more »
  
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- - Savage
  - 632 reviews
  - London, England
  - 21 Oct 2007 at 09:22
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  - 3
  opens and ends well....
  
  ...with some handsome DV cinematography, but there are great deserts of pointless nothingness in this film which are tedious to say the least. Yeah Etienne is ... read more »
  
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- - dafadddu
  - the north will rise again
  - 09 Sep 2004 at 15:09
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  Quite sweet, actually
  
  Totally unpretentious, if a bit haphazard. A good watch.
  
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  - Cape Town, SA and London, England
  - 08 Dec 2004 at 13:23
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  - 2
  Terrible!
  
  If you like a film to be video footage of a family of whom you don't know then this is the one for you, if not, avoid it at all costs! Not even worth the ... read more »
  
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  - uk
  - 09 May 2005 at 19:02
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  Dull dull plus french audio and subtitles to make it even more dull!!
  
  I like to try and find something positive about all films. Don't ask me why but I feel slightly touched by this film. Problem is its 1hr40 - I could edit ... read more »
  
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- - chrisg000
  - 46 reviews
  - Manchester
  - 10 Jun 2005 at 00:36
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  My Life - My How Disappointing!
  
  This film took too long to get where it went. I would rather it started as it ended but instead a series of crudely edited scenes are put together providing us ... read more »
  
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- - Pete Shuttleworth
  - Hemel Hempstead
  - 14 Aug 2005 at 16:25

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- The video diary is possibly the easiest form of DIY film-making, but it's a demanding format to fake - or watch. Asking... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 07 Aug 2010 at 06:00

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  On his sixteenth birthday Etienne is given a video camera so that he can record his figure skating sessions as he prepaes for the French Cup. Obsessed by his new toy he starts to record every detail of his daily life and of those close to him.
  
  But does Ethienne know what he means when he ...