''With a Little Help from Myself'' (french: Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera) is a 2008 French
comedy-drama film
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...
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 and 2015. His film '' La Chambre des officiers'' was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival
The 54th Cannes ...
. The film received four nominations at the
14th Lumières Awards 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
* BA ...
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 mountain ...
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
Ralph Amoussou (born 3 May 1989) is a French actor. He is known for his roles as Séby on the Netflix series ''Marianne'' (2019), Samuel Becker on the OCS series '' Missions'' (2019-2021), and Paul on the Netflix series ''Transatlantic'' (2023) ...
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 f ...
as Marijo
*
Jacky Ido
Jacky Ido (born 14 May 1977) is a Burkinabé-born 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 ...
as Fer
*
Carole Franck
Carole Franck (born 1970 in Paris) is a French actress.
Filmography
Dubbing
Theatre
References
External links
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Living people
French film actresses
French television actresses
Actresses from Par ...
as The Inspector
References
External links
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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
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