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Michelle, a retiree in Burgundy, expects her grandson Lucas but a mistake ruins her plans. Her friend Marie-Claude's son is released from prison, reviving Michelle's purpose. (NR, 104 min.)
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After a tumultuous life in Paris, Michelle (Hélène Vincent) has retired to a quiet existence in Burgundy, tending her garden and attending services at her parish. The voracious hostility of her adult daughter Valérie (Ludivine Sagnier) remains Michelle’s great puzzlement: how can a child for whom she sacrificed so much treat her with such contempt and suspicion? When Valérie drops off her son for a week with his grandmother, Michelle sees an opportunity to repair the relationship, but a culinary accident soon undercuts whatever trust remains. With the help of her best friend Marie-Claude (Josiane Balasko), whose son (Pierre Lottin) has recently been released from prison, Michelle plots a path towards restoring the family life so long denied her. With a deceptively placid surface, master stylist François Ozon cooks up a twisty and destabilizing thriller where family ties remain the most mysterious ingredient of all. [Music Box Films]
Starring: Hélène Vincent, Josiane Balasko, Pierre Lottin
Director: François Ozon
Language: French
Genre: Drama, Comedy
"A delicious black comedy."
— Nuria Vidal, Cinemanía
"An understated psychological crime drama and a poignant character study."
— Avi Offer, NYC Movie Guru
"This film is a gift of a showcase for Hélène Vincent. She provides a magnetic centre to the drama."
— Jonathan Romney, Screen International
"In a strong ensemble cast, Vincent gives a superb performance, imbuing her octogenarian protagonist with a refreshing complexity."
— Tom Dawson, Radio Times
"An absolutely unique black comedy in which there are crimes, but also several doses of absurdity and a few drops of endearing delirium."
— Beatriz Martínez, Fotogramas
"Embracing a sense of lingering mystery, Francois Ozon writes and directs a story that spins the usual French melodrama in surprising directions."
— Rich Cline, Rich Cline
"This spry little French-language picture... shows the director at his most understated, the better to foreground the excellent, intriguingly layered performance from Hélène Vincent."
— Wendy Ide, Observer (UK)
