Director : Claude MouriérasActors : Frédéric Pierrot, Muriel Mayette, Vincent Deneriaz, Cédric Vieira, Julien Charpy, Stéphanie Frey, Suzanne Gradel Feature film, Fiction , Psychological dramaProduction language : French Nationality : 100% French (France) French release : 6/3/98 Runtime : 1h 37mn Current status : Released Associate production company : Ciné@ / cinéaCo-production : Rhône-Alpes CinémaFrench distribution : Rezo FilmsFilm export/Foreign Sales : FTD International Cinéma (voir France Télévisions Distribution) Synopsis Julien, 20, is a grownup boy who relates to the outside world in a complex, inscrutable manner. Though treated like a mental defective at school, he is regarded as a gentle, comical dreamer at home. His mother, confronted with increasing turmoil among the family and desperately resisting pressure to send Julien to an institution, brings in a “shrink” to give therapy sessions to the whole family, unfortunately with no results. The solution eventually comes from elsewhere: the father’s courage and a long-kept secret finally revealed... Festival selections | 
