Dying or Feeling Better (2008)

Theatrical Release Information  |  See Details About All Versions

A teenager forced into a new life finds it takes some unexpected turns in this offbeat coming of age drama from France. Life is not been good for sixteen year old Martial (Francois Civil) since his free-spirited mother (Florence Thomassin) broke up with his self-centered dad (Thomas Cerisola). Martial and his mother have moved into a small and shabby apartment in a different town, and his new schoolmates immediately show an open and violent hostility towards him. But Martial does make two new friends: Colette (Marine Barbosa) and Ernestine (Karine Barbosa), a pair of mysterious but beautiful twin sisters who have a strong reckless streak. Martial and the twins begin skipping school and passing their time by sneaking into people's homes, swiping booze and smoking marijuana when they can get it. It doesn't take long before they graduate from petty crime into more serious stuff, and Martial's occasional make-out sessions with Colette and Ernestine make way for a precocious three-way sexual relationship. As the police become aware of the delinquent threesome, the twins run away from home and hide out with Martial at his place, where his lackadaisical mother barely notices anything unusual is happening. Soit je meurs, soit je vais mieux (aka Dying Or Feeling Better) also stars Valerie Lang and Emile Berling. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Complete Cast:

Director(s):

Laurence Ferreira Barbosa

Writer(s):

Laurence Ferreira Barbosa, Nathalie Najem

Producer(s):

Paulo Branco

Closed Captioning:

Check All Versions

Subtitles:

Check All Versions