I am not he­re to be loved

Fifty years old and a bailiff with a weary heart: Jean-Claude has long since given up hope that life could bring him joy. Until one day he allows himself to open the door to a tango dance class...
He meets Françoise, who flees to his side from an experienced charmer - and enchants him. Suddenly he feels what it means to be alone, feels the coldness of his father, who doesn't say anything good about him in the home - and dares to hope shyly and quietly. But Françoise is about to marry Thierry, who only thinks about writing. The confusion of feelings into which Jean-Claude's wordless courtship plunges her is deep...
Clearing throats, hesitation, silence - that is the stuff of Stéphane Brizé's sensitive comedy. A wonderfully laconic dance of restrained feelings, embarrassed trust, emerging longings and painful memories in a lively, melancholic tango rhythm. With a tender eye, the humanist follows the capriols of two fragile hearts - and discovers two great actors, Patrick Chesnais as a reluctant seducer with his wrinkled skin and Anne Consigny as the shining angel of innocent double-dealing.
Director: Stéphane Brizé
Film genre: Comedy Drama Musical
Admission age / Recommended age:
Country of production: France (2005)
Duration: 93'
Cast: Patrick Chesnais, Anne Consigny, Georges Wilson, Lionel Abelanski, Cyril Couton, Geneviève Mnich