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Les Mots pour le dire (1983)

★ 6.7/10 92 min Comedy, Drama France English
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Description

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.

Top Cast

Nicole Garcia
Nicole Garcia Marie Saint-Jean
Marie-Christine Barrault
Marie-Christine Barrault Eliane Saint-Jean
Daniel Mesguich
Daniel Mesguich Psychoanalyst
Claude Rich
Claude Rich Guillaume Talbiac
Jean-Luc Boutté
Jean-Luc Boutté François
Michèle Baumgartner
Michèle Baumgartner Michèle
Jean-Louis Foulquier
Jean-Louis Foulquier Bertheas
Robin Renucci
Robin Renucci Marie's father

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