I Am Not an Easy Man


I Am Not an Easy Man is a 2018 French romantic comedy directed by :fr:Éléonore Pourriat|Éléonore Pourriat. The film stars Vincent Elbaz as a chauvinist who ends up in a parallel universe where stereotypical gender roles are reversed. The film was released worldwide on April 13, 2018, by Netflix. It is the second French-language Netflix original film and the first French-language film commissioned by Netflix.

Synopsis

Damien is a shameless chauvinist who has all the benefits of living in a patriarchal society. After a bump to the head, Damien passes out. When he wakes up, he finds himself in what seems to be an alternate universe where gender roles are reversed and women have the power. Damien feels confused now that he experiences sexism struggles to find his place in this foreign new world. He meets and seduce Alexandra, a chauvinist herself, and influential novelist in this female-dominated world.

Cast

The film finds its origins in Oppressed Majority a 2010 short film directed by Pourriat, about a stay-at-home dad who experiences sexism in a parallel, female-dominated world, and eventually becomes the victim of sexual assault. In 2014, after being released on video-sharing platform YouTube with English-language subtitles, the short garnered international attention and Pourriat was approached by Netflix to develop a new, larger project on the initial premise. Pourriat initially wanted to make a series, but, with the help of her producers, Eleonore Dailly and Edouard de Lachomette, she and Netflix eventually agreed to produce a feature-length romantic comedy.
The film premiered on Netflix on April 13, 2018. In accordance with French laws on digital film distribution, the film was not scheduled for theatrical release in France, in order to be immediately available online. Pierre Bénézit, the lead actor of Oppressed Majority, played as supporting character Christophe in I Am Not an Easy Man.