BBB
(out of 5)
Catherine Deneuve is devastated when her university-student son is killed in a car accident. His best friend Franck was the driver in the incident and survived the crash, and Deneuve becomes immediately obsessed with him and his life to the point that she causes concern with his and her own family. Franck’s employment, education and personal life become major causes for her as she does her best to stay close to the key element of her son’s life that makes her still feel close to him. This melodramatic indulgence in grief and loss pushes the limits of purple manipulation from time to time, but the acting is so terrific and its sorrow so genuinely pitiable that you cannot help but be moved by it. Deneuve is in superb form, an actress whose talents do not waver in the slightest no matter what the material, and she is supported extremely well by Thomas Dumerchez as the object of her affection.
Gloria Films, Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, Backup Media, Canal, Centre National de la Cinématographie, CinéCinéma, Coficup Fond, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Région Rhône-Alpes, Sofica Poste Image
Directed by Gael Morel
Screenplay by Christophe Honore, Gael Morel
Cinematography by Jean-Max Bernard
Produced by Laurence Lavole, Isabelle Pragier
Music by Louis Sclavis
Production Design by Ze Branco
Costume Design by Pierre Canitrot, Catherine Leterrier
Film Editing by Catherine Schwartz
