I Am Not an Easy Man

I Am Not an Easy Man (French: Je ne suis pas un homme facile) is a 2018 French romantic comedy directed by Éléonore Pourriat. The film stars Vincent Elbaz as a chauvinist who ends up in a parallel universe where stereotypical gender roles are reversed. The film was released worldwide on April 13, 2018, by Netflix.[1] It is the second French-language Netflix original film (after Blockbuster)[2] and the first French-language film commissioned by Netflix.[3]

I Am Not an Easy Man
Directed byÉléonore Pourriat
Produced by
Written by
Starring
Production
companies
  • Autopilot Entertainment
  • Film Invaders
  • LOVEMYTV
  • MademoiselleFilms
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • April 13, 2018 (2018-04-13) (Worldwide)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

Damien is a shameless chauvinist who has all the benefits of living in a patriarchal society. After a bump to the head, Damien passes out. When he wakes up, he finds himself in what seems to be an alternate universe where gender roles are reversed and women have the power. Damien feels confused: now that he experiences sexism he struggles to find his place in this foreign new world. He meets and seduces Alexandra, a chauvinist herself, and an influential novelist in this female-dominated world.[3]

Cast
  • Vincent Elbaz as Damien
  • Marie-Sophie Ferdane as Alexandra
  • Pierre Bénézit as Christophe
  • Blanche Gardin as Sybille
  • Céline Menville as Lolo
  • Christele Tual as Annie
  • Moon Dailly as Alexandra's coach
  • Camille Landru-Girardet as Ludovic

Production

The film finds its origins in Oppressed Majority (French: Majorité opprimée) a 2010 short film directed by Pourriat, about a stay-at-home dad who experiences sexism in a parallel, female-dominated world, and eventually becomes the victim of sexual assault.[3][4] In 2014, after being released on video-sharing platform YouTube with English-language subtitles, the short garnered international attention[4] and Pourriat was approached by Netflix to develop a new, larger project on the initial premise. Pourriat initially wanted to make a series, but, with the help of her producers, Eleonore Dailly and Edouard de Lachomette, she and Netflix eventually agreed to produce a feature-length romantic comedy.[3]

The film premiered on Netflix on April 13, 2018. In accordance with French laws on digital film distribution, the film was not scheduled for theatrical release in France, in order to be immediately available online.[5] Pierre Bénézit, the lead actor of Oppressed Majority, played as supporting character Christophe in I Am Not an Easy Man.[4]

References
  1. "Je ne suis pas un homme facile (2018) - Netflix".
  2. Durand, Corentin (1 April 2018). "Je ne suis pas un homme facile, Kodachrome, Dude : quels nouveaux films sur Netflix en avril 2018 ?". Numerama (in French). Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  3. "Production ciné-TV soutenue : " Je ne suis pas un homme facile " sur Netflix". iledefrance.fr (in French). 12 April 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  4. Lichfield, John (11 February 2014). "'Majorité Opprimée': It's a woman's world". The Independent. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  5. Tounsi, Chaïma (13 April 2018). "Je ne suis pas un homme facile sur Netflix : "Mon film rend visible le sexisme ordinaire, celui qu'on ne voit pas" selon la réalisatrice". Allociné (in French). Retrieved 9 May 2018.
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