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A psychological drama that details the tormented relationship between Marie and her mother, stemming from Marie's childhood on their estate in Algeria. The mother, Eliane had lost a child before Marie was born and was consumed with hatred for her husband who was carrying tuberculosis and may have been the cause of the child's death. That hatred was never resolved, and Marie grew up in a bitter and strained household. As both women grow older, Marie marries and raises a family while her mother sinks ever deeper into anger, frustration, poverty, and isolated despair. She vents her destructive emotions on her daughter and is completely resistant to her daughter's attempts to help her, to make her life better.

Cast & crew

Céline Blanc-Potard · Claude Rich · Daniel Mesguich · Jean-Louis Foulquier · Jean-Luc Boutté · Marie-Christine Barrault · Michèle Baumgartner · Nicole Garcia · Robin Renucci · Violaine Gonce · José Pinheiro

Studios & networks

Belstar Productions · Filmédis · Stéphan Films · TF1 Films Production · UGC