Life’s a Bitch

A film by Xavier Seron

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Synopsis

Three intertwined destinies – three stories of humans and their dogs.

To please CECILE, TOM agrees to adopt her dead neighbor’s Chihuahua. The only problem with this apparently harmless animal is that it has seemingly pushed its owner to suicide and now wants its new owner’s hide too!

Actress and muse for a famous perfume brand, GRETA is crushed. Her dog and her assistant both died, run over by a bus. In a dry cleaning shop, Greta meets CHARLOTTE and asks her to replace her assistant… unless she meant her dog!

For FRANCK and LOLA it was love at first sight. They have so much in common, except one thing: Lola doesn’t like dogs. Franck has to choose between his new love and PERDITA, his best friend and the very best dog that ever was. Love and friendship aren’t always compatible.

Cast

Jean-Jacques Rausin, Mara Taquin, Aurora Marion, Ninon Borsei, Arieh Worthalter, Louise Manteau

Crew

SCREENPLAY and DIRECTING : Xavier Seron l PHOTOGRAPHY : Olivier Boonjing l SOUND : Marie Paulus l SET DESIGN : Sophie Monroy l COSTUMES : Elise Abraham l MAKE-UP : Charlotte Dutilleux l LOCATION MANAGEMENT : Dragan Goolaerts, Fred Moraine l ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT : Arnaud Hocq l FILM EDITING : Julie Naas l SOUND EDITING : Valérie Le Docte, Selia Çakir l SOUND EFFECTS: Vincent Maloumian l MIXING : Philippe Charbonnel l GRADE : Baptiste Najean l MUSIC : Thomas Barrière

PRODUCTION : Julie Esparbes (Hélicotronc) – Valéry du Peloux (Artisans du Film)

88 min - Black and White - DCP - Ratio 1,85:1 - Sound 5.1

Chiennes de vies, un film de Xavier Seron

"An offbeat comedy with a bite."

Le soir

Coproducers and Partners

An Hélicotronc production , in collaboration with Artisans du film, in coproduction with RTBF (Télévision belge), Voo and Betv, Proximus, Shelter Prod, With the Support of the Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, with the participation of the Région de Bruxelles Capitale, supported by Taxshelter.be, ING, le Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral de Belgique, in association with Be For Films

International Sales and Distribution

International Sales : Be For Films

Distribution BE : O’brother

Awards and selections

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

Les Arcs Films Festival