IT’S NOT ME I SWEAR (C’EST PAS MOI, JE LE JURE!)
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In the summer of ’68, Leon Doré (Antoine L’Écuyer) comes close to hanging himself accidentally. His mother saves him at the last minute, just like last summer in the pool and like two years ago in the freezer. At ten, Leon has lots of problems and an overly fertile imagination. There is Mom (Suzanne Clément) and Dad (Daniel Brière) who are always fighting and those annoying neighbours who get to spend the summer at the beach. And then, there’s Lea (Catherine Faucher), the exasperating girl who’s always right about everything. When Mom decides to leave everything behind to start a new life in Greece, Léon is prepared to do anything to kill the pain – destroy the neighbors' house, become a professional liar and even, why not, fall in love with Lea. Together, they will overcome the pain of growing up when you feel abandoned.
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Unless you're a saint, I'm sure you would have lied at one point in time when you're a kid, gotten away with it, and just became reaffirmed that hey, it's not so bad that you're not going to Hell immediately, and one could just come up with stories to spice things up, get others into trouble, or just get things done your way without paying heed to consequences that can be explained away. I never had such luck. Honest. Continues at http://anutshellreview.blogspot.com/2010/01/its-not-me-i-swear-cest-pas-moi-je-le.html