Nothing But Lies
- Fanny Ardant: Muriel
- Jacques Perrin: Antoine
- Alain Bashung: Adrien
- Stanislas Carré de Malberg: Basile
- Christine Pascal: Lise
- Alexandra Kazan: Jo
- Dominique Besnehard: detective
Rien que des mensonges (German: "Nothing but lies" ) is a French -Swiss film drama starring Fanny Ardant and Jacques Perrin from the year 1991.
Action
The 40 -year-old Muriel and her husband Antoine belong to the Parisian upper class. Antoine is a busy publisher who makes no secret from his numerous lovers. When their son Basile is old enough to move out, Muriel remains only the coffee party with her best friends. However, you will not be satisfied with this situation, especially since they inwardly still feels like a 20 - year-old. She finally takes a young lover named Adrien and her husband begins to lie to her son and her friends.
When she becomes entangled more and more in their own lies, she tries to regain his grip on reality, by hired a detective to document their escapades with photos. When she confronted her husband with the evidence of her infidelity as a kind of gift, this is anything but jealous responding. He is rather glad that it comes at their expense. Muriel is disappointed because they had expected a different reaction. However, by their new experiences she learns a lot about himself, about love and life.
Background
Rien que des mensonges was the first and only film of the French Paule Muret, who was in charge in addition to the director also wrote the screenplay.
On 11 December 1991 Rien que des mensonges was premiered in France. In Germany the film was first shown at the 1992 Berlinale, where the drama film was in competition for the Golden Bear.
Reviews
"The film comes in the guise of a woman's film, however, a widespread image of women that even a ( male ) director can no longer afford it today."
" The main attraction of this romantic drama is to always to experience elegant Fanny Ardant as a wealthy woman in action as she wants to get her life back in order. [ ... ] Despite the thin plot, this was the debut of the respected director Paule Muret. "
Awards
At the Berlinale 1992 Rien que was the mensonges nominated for the Golden Bear, but lost the Grand Canyon - In the heart of the city ( Grand Canyon ) by Lawrence Kasdan.