My Way (2012 film)

2012 French film
  • 14 March 2012 (2012-03-14) (France)
Running time
148 minutesCountriesFrance
BelgiumLanguageFrenchBudget$22.5 million [1]Box office$16.8 million [2]

My Way, released in France as Cloclo, is a 2012 French biographical drama film about the life of French singer, songwriter and entertainer Claude François. It is co-written and directed by Florent-Emilio Siri, and stars Jérémie Renier as François.

Cloclo refers to François' nickname, while the international name was chosen due to the eponymous song popularized by Frank Sinatra, but originally co-written, co-composed and performed as "Comme d'habitude" by François. The film follows the life of the singer from his childhood in Egypt in the 1940s to his accidental death in 1978.

Cast

  • Jérémie Renier as Claude François
  • Benoît Magimel as Paul Lederman
  • Monica Scattini as Lucia "Souffa" François
  • Sabrina Seyvecou as Josette "Jojo" François
  • Ana Girardot as Isabelle Forêt
  • Joséphine Japy as France Gall
  • Maud Jurez as Janet Woollacot
  • Marc Barbé as Aimé François
  • Eric Savin as Jean-Jacques Tilche
  • Émilie Caen as Geneviève Leroy
  • Sophie Meister as Kathalyn Jones
  • Janicke Askevold as Sofia
  • Pascal Aubert as Eddy Marnay
  • Robert Knepper as Frank Sinatra
  • Alison Wheeler as Sylvie Mathurin

Reception

The film received positive reviews from film critics, who praised Renier's performance and Siri's direction. It holds an 83% rating on the film critics aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes based on 6 reviews.[3]

Accolades

Organization Award category Recipients and nominees Result
Cabourg Film Festival[4] Ciné Swan Florent-Emilio Siri Nominated
Swan d'or du meilleur acteur (Best Actor) Jérémie Renier Won
César Awards Best Actor Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Benoît Magimel Nominated
Best Costume Design Mimi Lempicka Nominated
Best Art Direction Philippe Chiffre Nominated
Best Sound Antoine Deflandre, Germaine Boulay and Eric Tisserand Won
Magritte Awards Best Actor Jérémie Renier Nominated
COLCOA[4] Film d'ouverture (opening film) Florent-Emilio Siri Nominated
Prix spécial de la critic (Special Critics' Price) Nominated
Mention spéciale du public (Special Public's Mention) Nominated
Mention spécial (Special Mention) Nominated
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema à Rome[4] Nouveautés (New) Nominated
Hamburg Film Festival Art Cinema Award Nominated

References

  1. ^ "CLOCLO (2012)". JP' Box-Office. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  2. ^ "My Way".
  3. ^ "Cloclo". Rotten Tomatoes.
  4. ^ a b c "Prix et nominations pour Cloclo".
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Works directed by Florent-Emilio Siri
Films
  • Une minute de silence (1998)
  • The Nest (2002)
  • Hostage (2005)
  • Intimate Enemies (2007)
  • My Way (2012)
  • French Cuisine (2015)
Intro cinematics
  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (2002)
  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (2004)
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