Movie
My Way
Overview
A biopic of French pop star Claude Francois, most famous for co-writing the song 'My Way'. Tracing his life from his childhood in Egypt through his success in France to his untimely death in Paris in 1978.
Details
- Release date
- 2012-03-14
- Runtime
- 148 min
- Genres
- Drama, Music
- Status
- Released
- Production
- StudioCanal, TF1 Films Production, LGM Cinéma, Emilio Films, uFilm, 24 C Prod.ed, Rockworld, Wallimage, Nexus Factory, Backup Media, Flèche Productions, JRW Entertainment, A Plus Image 3, Fonds d'Action de la Sacem, Le
- Country
- France, Belgium
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Jérémie Renier as Claude François
- Benoît Magimel as Paul Lederman
- Monica Scattini as Chouffa François, mother of Claude
- Sabrina Seyvecou as Josette François, sister of Claude
- Ana Girardot as Isabelle Forêt
- Joséphine Japy as France Gall
- Maud Jurez as Janet Woollacot
- Marc Barbé as Aimé François, father of Claude
- Éric Savin as Jean-Jacques Tilche
- Sophie Meister as Kathalyn Jones
- Janicke Askevold as Sofia
- Edouard Giard as Ticky Holgado, Claude's personal assistant
Crew
- Florent-Emilio Siri - Director
- Florent-Emilio Siri - Screenplay
- Julien Rappeneau - Screenplay
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