''With a Little Help from Myself'' () is a 2008 French

comedy-drama film Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, illness, betrayal, grief, etc. ...

written and directed by

François Dupeyron François Dupeyron (14 August 195025 February 2016) was a French film director and screenwriter. He directed 17 films between 1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, kil ...

. The film received four nominations at the

14th Lumière Awards The 14th Lumière Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Lumières, was held on 19 January 2009. The ceremony was presided by Jeanne Balibar. '' The Class'' won the award for Best Film. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and ...

and won

Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to: Film awards * AACTA Award for Best Direction * Academy Award for Best Director * As ...

for Dupeyron.

Cast

Félicité Wouassi Félicité may refer to: Geography *Félicité (island), Seychelles *Sainte-Félicité (disambiguation) ** Sainte-Félicité, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec ** Sainte-Félicité, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec People *Félicité Carrel, Italian mounta ...

as Sonia *

Claude Rich Claude Rich (8 February 1929 – 20 July 2017) was a French stage and screen actor. He began his career in the theater before his film debut in 1955. Personal life He married actress Catherine Renaudin on 26 June 1959. They had two daughters ...

as Robert *

Ralph Amoussou Nick Ralph Amoussou (born 3 May 1989) is a French actor. He is known for his roles such as Séby on the Netflix series ''Marianne'' (2019), Samuel Becker on the OCS series '' Missions'' (2019–2021), Paul on the Netflix series ''Transatlantic'' ...

as Victor * Charles-Etienne N'Diaye as Léo *

Mata Gabin Mata Gabin is an actress, author, and actress of theatre, born in 1972 in Toulépleu, Ivory Coast. She is of French nationality. Biography She was born on the border of Liberia and Ivory Coast, to a Liberian-Guinean mother and a father from ...

as Marijo *

Jacky Ido Jacky Ido (born 14 May 1977) is a Burkinabe-French actor. His first role was as Lemalian in the 2005 German film, '' The White Masai''. He is best known to English-language audiences for his role as Marcel, the film projectionist in Quentin Taran ...

as Fer *

Carole Franck Carole Franck is a French actress. Filmography Dubbing Theatre References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Franck, Carole Living people French film actresses French television actresses Actresses from Paris 20th-century Fre ...

as The Inspector

References

External links

* 2008 films 2008 comedy-drama films 2000s French-language films French comedy-drama films Films directed by François Dupeyron Films whose director won the Best Director Lumières Award 2000s French films {{2000s-France-film-stub