cartagena (l'homme de chevet) 2009 region free dvd5 french bcbc

Cartagena (French: L'homme de chevet) is a 2009 French drama film directed by Alain Monne and starring Sophie Marceau, Christopher Lambert, and Margarita Rosa de Francisco. Based on the novel L'Homme de chevet by Eric Holder, with a screenplay by Alain Monne and Nathalie Vailloud, the film is about a beautiful, free-spirited woman who becomes bedridden following a terrible accident. Against her better judgement, she hires a drunk middle-aged former boxer to cook and care for her. Although unqualified for the position, he is desperate to work, and slowly he wins the trust of the woman, who teaches him how to read. Through his help, she is forced to consider the potential happiness that awaits her in the outside world. Cartagena was filmed on location in Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia. The actor Christopher Lambert was six months in Cartagena training with coach Anibal Gonzalez during his preparation for the role.

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Cast

Sophie Marceau as Muriel

Christopher Lambert as Léo

Margarita Rosa de Francisco as Lucia

Rodolfo De Souza as Valdes

Linett Hernandez Valdes as Lina

Salvatore Basile as Le kinésithérapeute

Elizabeth del Carmen Bonilla Isaza as Infirmière remplaçante

Yamile Cardenas Moreno as Fille blonde coup de poing

Hancel Gonzalez Forero as L'enfant rêve

Anibal Gonzalez Parra as Ami Léo

Diogenes Guerra Miranda as Ecrivain public

Julian Iragorri as Homme bagarre

Juliana Morales Uribe as Fille blonde

Nelson Pallares Narvaez as L'enfant crocodiles

Alberto Thiele Cenzato as Homme bagarre

Angelica Vargas as Fille blonde

Eparkio Vega as Vendeur de livres



Cartagena (French: L'homme de chevet) movie review

March 6th, 2012

As the story begins, we watch as Leo arrives for an interview with Muriel, a paralyzed woman. Lucia, her assistant, warns Leo not to expect anything from the lady, who seems to terrorize anyone she employs. Leo is an unlikely candidate for the position, possibly ill suited to handle the needs of Muriel, who is bed bound. In a surprise move, she decides to hire him to alternate with Lucia the duties of a nurse, servant and cook in the large house where she lives.



Things do not go smoothly between Leo and Muriel. She barely tolerates him. Leo has a drinking problem; he even resorts to drinking pure alcohol by itself, or sometimes with Coke. He is quite a sight to behold. Leo is unkempt, appears to be dirty, so one wonders what could be the attraction Muriel sees in the man. From a shaky start, Leo, who wants to get Muriel out of the house, succeeds in surprising ways. In Muriel's eyes he begins to be seen in a different light.



Leo's past is revealed as he visits a local gym where he spots a man that knew him as a professional boxer, a champion, whose success was short lived because his love for the bottle. He sees two women boxers sparring at the place, and he sees the possibilities for taking Lina, a woman who tried to rob him at the market, to the top. While he is not interested in his protégé sexually, she gets a different reading.



Leo is able to get Muriel out of her rut. He starts taking her all over the ancient city where she has lived, but did not dare go out for fear of being hurt. There is a definite undercurrent between them as Muriel gets a different view from this scruffy man with almost no manners, but who was the only person to make her see the world around her.



Directed by Alain Monne, who co-wrote the screenplay with Nathalie Vailloud, "Cartagena" is a bittersweet comedy. Based on a novel by Eric Holder, whose "Mademoiselle Chambon" was successfully adapted for the screen, it gets an interesting production. Totally shot in beautiful Cartagena, Colombia, a gorgeous setting with the mystery and charm of the old town, the film feels one's senses.



A scruffy Christopher Lambert plays Leo, the man with a past, now trying to make it in his new adopted city. The actor shows tenderness as he approaches the way he handles Muriel, who in spite of not being able to feel anything, can still feel he is a man. The Muriel of Sophie Marceau does not let her do much since she only can move her head. In spite of that handicap, she does a wonderful job as the fragile woman who suddenly can feel the lushness around her guided by Leo.



Antoine Roch photographs the beautiful scenery in glowing colors. The music score is credited to Florencia Di Concilio. This is Alain Monne's film debut in the French cinema. He has done well for this being his first opportunity in which to show his talent.