Genre: | Comedy |
Director: | Régis Musset |
Starring: | Arnaud Binard Bernard Le Coq Charlotte de Turckheim |
Country: | France |
Language: | French |
Producer: | Patrick Benedek Thomas Bourguignon |
Editor: | Diane Logan |
Cinematography: | Christophe Paturange |
Runtime: | 92 minutes |
Company: | BB Films |
Network: | France 2 |
Times Have Been Better (French: link=no|Le Ciel sur la tête) is a French comedy television film, directed by Régis Musset and released in 2006.[1] The film stars Arnaud Binard as Jérémy, a 30-year-old man who comes out as gay to his parents, only to have his parents Guy (Bernard Le Coq) and Rosine (Charlotte de Turckheim) react more negatively than expected.[2]
The film's cast also includes Olivier Guéritée, Stéphane Boucher, Thierry Desroses, Pierre Deny and Chantal Ravalec.[2]
The film was screened at selected LGBT film festivals beginning in 2006, before having its television premiere on France 2 in April 2007.[3] It was rebroadcast by the network in 2010.[4]
The film won the award for Best Foreign Narrative Feature at the 2007 New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.[5]