The Man I Love (1997 film)


The Man I Love is a 1997 French gay romance television film directed by Stéphane Giusti. It was originally made for French television, a co-production between Arte and La Sept. It was broadcast in 1997. It was then released internationally as a film on 27 April 2001.

Plot

It follows a love story between two men at a swimming pool. Martin, a brash pool monitor and resident lifeguard Lucas. Martin becomes interested in the younger and attractive Lucas but Lucas has a live-in girlfriend, Lise, so he is initially resisted. Later, Lise starts to integrate Martin into Lucas and Lisa's social life. Lucas then begins to doubt his heterosexuality and starts falling for Martin. But Martin is declared HIV-positive, which forces Lucas to choose between the terminally ill man he starts to love and his first love Lise.
The motto "Live each day of your life as if it were your last" is the main theme of the film.

Cast

Other cast members ; Jacques Hansen, Stephane Leveque, Karim Lounis, Bernard Nissile, Bruno Bonomo, Benjamin Sanchiarelli, Serguei Tourountsev, Nedjib Djebarri, Louis Philippe Lopez and Elizabeth Giusti

DVD release

The Man I Love was released on Region 1 DVD on 11 November 2003.