The Man I Love
This is a combination coming out and first love story. The swimmer and diver Lucard is interested in attractive Martin. The film follows the characters' coming out with all its difficulties, the bitter-sweet pleasures of first love and the dreadful moment when one comes down to reality and realizes that one's beloved friend has a hard way to go yet. The positive message the film tries to transmit is the somewhat common motto "Live each day of your life as if it were your last."
- Year: 1997
- Country: France
- Genre: Drama, Comedy
- Studio: Ellipsanime Productions, La Sept-Arte, Onya Film Production
- Keyword: sexual identity, france, swimming pool, hiv, janitor, break-up, lifeguard, emotional affair, gay theme
- Director: Stéphane Giusti
- Cast: Jean-Michel Portal, Marcial Di Fonzo Bo, Mathilde Seigner, Vittoria Scognamiglio, Jacques Hansen, Stéphane Lévêque