This is the story of Lolita Cassard (Marilou Berry), a young woman of 20 years who has it in for the entire world because she doesn't look like the girls in glossy magazines, who doesn't look a thing like her young mother-in-law, and who would so much like to feel beautiful, at least in her father's eyes, if only her father's eyes could find her. But this is also the story of a man named Étienne Cassard (Jean-Pierre Bacri), who doesn't see other people much at all because he's busy looking at himself, feeling older, a man who very likely wanted for love himself, who struggled long and hard to find his place in the world. This is the story of a writer named Pierre Millet (Laurent Grévill), who's lost faith, who doubts he'll ever meet with success, who meets with success and who meets Étienne Cassard. This is the story of a singing teacher, Sylvia Millet (Agnès Jaoui), who believes in her husband, at least in his talent, but who has doubts about her own and that of her pupil, Lolita - until she realises she's the daughter of Étienne Cassard, the author she admires so much.
This is the story of human beings who know exactly what they'd do if they were somebody else, but can't handle being themselves very well, who are very simply struggling to find out who they are.
Special Agent Matti
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PG (Mature themes, medium level coarse language, mild sexual reference)
111 minutes (1:51 hours)
Film: 24 March 2005
DVD rental: 7 September 2005
