La vie de ma mere

A parade role for Agnès Jaoui (A Good Jewish Boy, This Life of Mine) as a mother who, as a so-called borderline case with bipolar disorder, escapes from a health clinic to finally see her son again. She unleashes a wild storm of love, fear and family chaos. A very different kind of mother-son story, as the son is a passionate florist and has little time for anything else, let alone real relationships. The mother transforms her unexpected visit into a sensitive emotional road movie in which everyone, including the audience, can learn something new. An everyday French-Jewish milieu - or is it? It is the award-winning debut film by Julien Carpentier, who manages to find a realistic path between tragedy and comedy with great empathy. (Frank Stern)

Austrian premiere

Introduction and Q&A with Klaus Davidowicz and Frank Stern

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