Ma mère
A FILM BY Christophe Honore
A FILM BY Christophe Honore
Astonishing, Isabelle Huppert is fearless!
-Dennis Dermody, PAPER MAGAZINE
Disturbing... compelling, Ma Mère is a fierce confrontation of the most difficult of taboos...this is powerful, uncompromising cinema!
-Jonathan Trout, BBC
Remember when we used to sit through European existential dramas for the hot sex?Ma Mère... will carry you back to those golden days...
-Andrew OHehir, SALON
Daring!
-Peter Debruge, PREMIERE MAGAZINE
Synopsis
Upon discovering her husband has died in a car crash, Hélène (Isabelle Huppert) launches into a wild series of parties, gradually involving her son Pierre (Louis Garrel) in her drugging, drinking and sex-fuelled nights out. When she mysteriously flees, her son is left in the care of her mistress Réa (Joana Preiss) and Hansi (Emma de Caunes), an icy blonde sadist with whom he falls in love. As the film evolves, we realize that this is a period of initiation for the young man until his mother can return and fully bring him to sexual maturity and adulthood.
Original Languages: French
Genre: Drama, World Cinema
Running Time: 110 min.
Year: 2004
Genre: Drama, World Cinema
Running Time: 110 min.
Year: 2004
CREDITS
CAST
Emma de Caunes
Isabelle Huppert
Louis Garrel
DIRECTED BY
Christophe Honore
