My Sex Life...or How I Got Into an Argument

"A great film on the subject of love."—Cahiers du Cinema

Desplechin shot to the forefront of a new generation of French directors with this film. Hailed by the New York Daily News as "the Gone with the Wind of twenty-something romances," My Sex Life...or How I Got into an Argument focuses on the erotic and existential musings of a tribe of young Parisians, particularly on Paul, a philosophy student unable to finish his dissertation while compulsively pursuing and evading women when not arguing with his academic rivals. With Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Devos, and Chiara Mastroianni. (178 mins.)


series booklet

A booklet to accompany the series has been produced by the Wexner Center, BAMcinematek, and Wellspring Media, Inc. The booklet, available in a PDF version on this web site, features essays by noted film critics Kent Jones and Amy Taubin and a Desplechin filmography. Images and text in the booklet are protected by copyright; all rights reserved.


support credits

Season support provided by the Rohauer Collection Foundation and the Corporate Annual Fund of the Wexner Center Foundation.

Contemporary films, international films, and visiting filmmakers presented with support from the Ohio Arts Council.


series special thanks

Special thanks to Florence Almozini of the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Ryan Werner and Marisa Keselica of Wellspring for their invaluable support and cooperation.