There are plenty of films that evoke deafness. We include in particular The Aries Family worn by Louane and widely acclaimed by critics, Sound of Metalwith Riz Ahmed and Olivia Cooke, Codaremake of the first mentioned and several Oscar winners in 2022, but also the horror film Esther, which evokes it. This Tuesday, October 13, 2023 at 9:10 p.m., France 2 broadcasts We are made for each other, another film of the genre carried by actress Sandrine Kiberlain and director Pascal Elbé. A very sweet romantic comedy, which is inspired by a very specific true event.
A French romantic comedy, just the way we like it
We are made for each other, it is therefore the story of Antoine (Pascal Elbé), who listens to absolutely nothing, and neither does anyone. More specifically, his students don’t feel listened to at all when they ask for more attention, his work colleagues can no longer stand his lack of concentration, and his girlfriends criticize him for lacking empathy and not doing of effort. The truth is that, despite his young age, Antoine is losing his hearing and is hard of hearing. One day, a certain Claire (Sandrine Kiberlain) temporarily moves in with her sister Léna (Valérie Donzelli), with her daughter Violette (Manon Lemoine). After the loss of her husband, Claire wants tranquility, a few days of calm. Except that the neighbor, Antoine, turns the music loud and lets his alarm ring continuously. With this film, we are therefore witnessing the consecration of a romantic comedy, which the director and main actor, Pascal Elbé, rather described as “dating comedy”, as we learn via Allocinated.
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We are made for each other is inspired by the life of Pascal Elbé
And he knows what he’s talking about, We are made for each other. Indeed, Pascal Elbé was inspired by his own experience with deafness. “It was my children who told me that it was right under my nose: hard of hearing, my hard of hearing. I never thought that something from my life could one day be made into a film.” he explained. But the director hesitated for a long time before giving birth to this project. “I was hesitant at first. It was reading David Lodge’s book – The Muted Life – that finally convinced me that it made sense: I was impressed at how well Lodge had managed to make people understand what it can feel like to be hard of hearing”, added Pascal Elbé. That’s what he did, too.
