I'm Fine, Don't Worry

I'm Fine, Don't Worry (French: Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas) is a 2006 French drama film directed by Philippe Lioret based on the 2000 novel with the same title by Olivier Adam.

Plot

Lili, a 19 year old, returns from holidays and learns that her twin brother Loïc has left the house after a violent argument with their father. Lili had a very strong relationship with her brother and is distraught after having no contact with him at all, concluding that something happened to him.

Lili stops eating and begins losing strength and ends up in the hospital where she has decided to stop living at all. She receives a letter from Loïc where he apologizes for leaving without a word or getting back to her and makes it very clear that he will not be coming back. He also says that he has been traveling around living on petty jobs and blames their father for his lot in life. Lili recovers and begins looking for her twin by following the trail of the letters she has received along with Thomas, the boyfriend of her friend from school, Lea. Lili and Thomas gradually fall in love.

Notwithstanding their zeal and the roads taken to find her brother, she strikes a cruel and tough reality. Coincidentally, Thomas sees Loïc's tomb while at the cemetery. It turns out that Loïc never wrote any letters but it was the father to cover for Loïc's death, who had died in an accident during mountain climbing. Lili's parents had decided to keep the news from her by faking the fight and preventing losing their now only daughter. Thomas tells them that he has learned about Loïc's death. They ask him not to tell Lili anything. Thomas believes that they are crazy, but decides to keep the truth to himself. However in the meantime, Lili has found her brother's guitar hidden in her father's car. Knowing he would never have left behind his beloved guitar, she learns that he can not just have gone away.

Even though both Lili and Thomas know the truth by now, they don't talk about it, even though Loïc has been the most important thing on their minds for the past year. They talk about leaving the city and go to the sea.

Cast

• Mélanie Laurent as Lili
• Kad Merad as Paul
• Julien Boisselier as Thomas
• Isabelle Renauld as Isabelle
• Aïssa Maïga as Léa

Awards and nominations

• César Awards
  • Won: Best Actor – Supporting Role (Kad Merad)
  • Won: Most Promising Actress (Mélanie Laurent)
  • Nominated: Best Director (Philippe Lioret)
  • Nominated: Best Film
  • Nominated: Best Writing – Adaptation (Olivier Adam and Philippe Lioret)

References

External links

• Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas at the Internet Movie Database
• Don't Worry, I'm Fine at AllRovi