Les mots pour le dire (1983)

  • NR
  • 10/12/1983 (FR)
  • 1h 32m

Overview

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.

José Pinheiro

Director

Cast

Nicole Garcia's headshot

Nicole Garcia

Marie-Christine Barrault's headshot

Marie-Christine Barrault

Daniel Mesguich's headshot

Daniel Mesguich

Claude Rich's headshot

Claude Rich

Jean-Luc Boutté's headshot

Jean-Luc Boutté

Michèle Baumgartner's headshot

Michèle Baumgartner

Jean-Louis Foulquier's headshot

Jean-Louis Foulquier

Robin Renucci's headshot

Robin Renucci

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