Synopsis
After her husband dies, an ageing bourgeois woman reconnects with her thirty-five-year-old son who had broken off all contact with his family. The son listens, without saying a word, to the long, psychotic, and obscene monologue his mother pours out about her wasted life spent alone in the company of her violent husband. Verbal abuse, self-pity, and sexual provocation are so many ploys that the mother uses to inflict her demands for love and existence upon her son.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (2)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Kracowska
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producer : Raphaël Kourilsky
- Screenwriter : Thomas Lasbleiz
- Director of Photography : Philippe Bovar
- Music Composer : Guillaume Médioni
- Editors : Tristan Meunier, Christophe Chudy
- Sound Recordist : François Sempé
- Costume designer : Corinne Montovert
- Sound Editor : Christophe Chudy
- Production Designer : Thierry Lautout
- Sound Mixer : Christophe Chudy
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Bizarre
- Themes : The absurd, Motherhood
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2004
- Runtime : 9 min
- Visa number : 114.022
- Visa issue date : 02/12/2005
- Production formats : Digital Beta
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Dolby DTS
- Rating restrictions : Under 12
News & awards
Selections (2)
Tübingen | Stuttgart International French-language Film Festival
Germany, 2006
Compétition internationale
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