French narrative cinema at its best with Catherine Deneuve and Daniel Auteuil
This wonderful film by Andre Techine was the opening film at the Cannes Film Festival in 1993 and had a good chance of winning a Palme, but in the end it had to admit defeat to "Piano" by Jane Campion and "Farewell, My Concubine" by Chen Kaige. But that's yesterday's pollen. What matters is that Techine gave the audience a wonderful film about the relationship between two siblings.
Emilie (EUROPEAN FILM AWARD winner Catherine Deneuve) and Antoine (EUROPEAN FILM AWARD winner Daniel Auteuil) are sister and brother. Gradually they are confronted with the fact that their difficult mother (Martha Villalonga) is becoming increasingly frail. Although both siblings were very close in childhood, they grew very far apart as adults. The film observes the gradual rapprochement between the two in four stages. And that is great narrative cinema! Especially for an audience that has experienced first-hand the difficult and confusing family relationships of the European post-war period. Tres tres fantastic!!!
Deneuve and Auteuil, the two superstars of French film, deliver an absolute masterpiece here. You just have to be willing to get involved. The other roles are also superbly cast. Deneuve's own daughter Chiara Mastroianni and Anthony Prada play Emilie's adult children. Charlie's granddaughter Carmen Chaplin makes her successful screen debut as the friend of the son and/or daughter. As Emilie's husband, there is a reunion with the wiry Jean Pierre Bouvier, who embarked on a "race to Bombay (today you would have to say Mumbai!!!)" alongside Christian Kohlund in the 1981 Advent four-part series (in German: WETTLAUF NACH BOMBAY) broadcast by the West German television station ZDF .
Alain Sarde produced. Filming took place in Toulouse and the surrounding area.
A wonderful film through which you can learn a lot about your own family relationships, which are not always carefree.
A magical moment occurs when Deneuve and Auteuil - like in their childhood days - start singing together on a car ride.
Splendid! Absolutely recommended!
This wonderful film by Andre Techine was the opening film at the Cannes Film Festival in 1993 and had a good chance of winning a Palme, but in the end it had to admit defeat to "Piano" by Jane Campion and "Farewell, My Concubine" by Chen Kaige. But that's yesterday's pollen. What matters is that Techine gave the audience a wonderful film about the relationship between two siblings.
Emilie (EUROPEAN FILM AWARD winner Catherine Deneuve) and Antoine (EUROPEAN FILM AWARD winner Daniel Auteuil) are sister and brother. Gradually they are confronted with the fact that their difficult mother (Martha Villalonga) is becoming increasingly frail. Although both siblings were very close in childhood, they grew very far apart as adults. The film observes the gradual rapprochement between the two in four stages. And that is great narrative cinema! Especially for an audience that has experienced first-hand the difficult and confusing family relationships of the European post-war period. Tres tres fantastic!!!
Deneuve and Auteuil, the two superstars of French film, deliver an absolute masterpiece here. You just have to be willing to get involved. The other roles are also superbly cast. Deneuve's own daughter Chiara Mastroianni and Anthony Prada play Emilie's adult children. Charlie's granddaughter Carmen Chaplin makes her successful screen debut as the friend of the son and/or daughter. As Emilie's husband, there is a reunion with the wiry Jean Pierre Bouvier, who embarked on a "race to Bombay (today you would have to say Mumbai!!!)" alongside Christian Kohlund in the 1981 Advent four-part series (in German: WETTLAUF NACH BOMBAY) broadcast by the West German television station ZDF .
Alain Sarde produced. Filming took place in Toulouse and the surrounding area.
A wonderful film through which you can learn a lot about your own family relationships, which are not always carefree.
A magical moment occurs when Deneuve and Auteuil - like in their childhood days - start singing together on a car ride.
Splendid! Absolutely recommended!