When I Was a Singer

• Gérard Depardieu: Alain Moreau
• Cécile de France: Marion
• Patrick Pineau: Daniel
• Alain Chanone: Philippe Mariani
• Christine Citti: Michèle
• Mathieu Amalric: Bruno

Chanson d' Amour is a French love story from the year 2006. Was directed by Frenchman Xavier Giannoli. Starring Gérard Depardieu plays a chanson singer who tingelt by the French province.

Action

The aging crooner Alain Moreau occurs for years in the province in dance halls, on corporate parties and in nursing homes. His audience is getting older. Nevertheless, he lives entirely in the world of music. When he gets to know the young broker Marion in Clermont- Ferrand, he falls in love with her. But Marion's aloofness prevented initially a serious relationship. Alain pretends to look for a new house and commissioned Marion with a search to see them again and again can. It develops a mix of mutual affection and rejection. Only gradually can overcome aversion Alain by his sincerity and humor Marion.

Awards

• 2006 nominated for the Palme d'Or

• Nominated in seven categories.
• Winner in the category Best Sound (François Musy and Gabriel Hafner )

Reviews

• Thorsten Funke wrote in critic.de on December 23, 2006: " Gérard Depardieu as a crooner in the French province - which sounds after a venture with kitsch potential, turns out to be a triumph for the actor. And as skillfully told love story with wonderful music. "
• The film magazine Cinema concludes: " [ ... ] The scenes of this romance is anything but glamorous. Director Xavier Giannoli places no value on beauty, but for consistency. This support him a unassuming, sensitive Depardieu and the gorgeous Cecile de France: Your On - and - off relationship is like a red wine, which all participants have left peace and time to breathe [ ... ] Conclusion:. Wonderfully melancholic cinema from France with a re -see Gérard Depardieu. "