Of Love and Lies

Feb 3, 2019

1h 45m

★ 6.5

Overview

Twelve-year old Theo plays for a local soccer club and has enough talent to eventually go pro. But his father has been on a self-destructive spiral ever since he started drinking and got divorced, and Theo feels powerless and anxious as he watches his dad slowly destroying his own life. But he refuses to give up on him. When a recruiter for a prestigious British club takes notice of him, Theo sees an opportunity to rekindle his father’s hope, but despite all his efforts he is not selected. So he decides to lie and say he was, hoping to make his father happy and proud. Theo’s dad is so overjoyed that he puts all his heart into helping his son prepare for “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” gradually regaining his taste for life and motivation for the future. Until the lie reaches unforeseen proportions and completely spins out of control. Thankfully, Theo’s little lie has already operated big change and generated so much hope, that life is able to get back on track. Only better!

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

The Film

TF1 Studio

France 2 Cinéma

SCOPE Pictures

RTBF

Of Love and Lies Trailers

Cast

Laurent

François Damiens

Théo, aka "Fourmi"

Maleaume Paquin

Claude

André Dussollier

Chloé

Ludivine Sagnier

Sarah

Laetitia Dosch

Antoine

Sébastien Chassagne

Banal

Didier Brice

Romane

Cassiopée Mayance

Max

Pierre Gommé

Karim

Ismaël Dramé

Éric

Nicolas Wanczycki

President of the Club

Pierre Diot

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