Cartagena (2009)

2009 film by Alain Monne

Released

2009

Country

France

Language

French, Spanish

Genre

Boxing film

Director

Alain Monne

Screenplay

Alain Monne

Music

Florencia Di Concilio

Starring

Sophie Marceau, Christopher Lambert, Margarita Rosa de Francisco

Running time

92 minutes

Set in

Colombia

Cartagena (French: L'homme de chevet) is a 2009 French drama film directed by Alain Monne and starring Sophie Marceau, Christopher Lambert, and Margarita Rosa de Francisco. Based on the novel L'Homme de chevet by Eric Holder, with a screenplay by Alain Monne and Nathalie Vailloud, the film is about a beautiful, free-spirited woman who becomes bedridden following a terrible accident. Against her better judgement, she hires a drunk middle-aged former boxer to cook and care for her. Although unqualified for the position, he is desperate to work, and slowly he wins the trust of the woman, who teaches him how to read by introducing him to the works of Charles Bukowski. Through his help, she is forced to consider the potential happiness that awaits her in the outside world.

Cartagena was filmed on location in Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia.

The actor Christopher Lambert spent six months in Cartagena training with coach Anibal Gonzalez during his preparation for the role.

External links

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Facts from Wikidata Q3203637 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.