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Les Mots pour le dire (1983)

Les Mots pour le dire (1983)

Drama Comedy
Release Date: 1983, October 12
Directors: José Pinheiro
Countries: France
Production: Stéphan Films, Stéphan Films, Filmédis, Filmédis, UGC, UGC, Belstar Productions, Belstar Productions, TF1 Films Production, TF1 Films Production
Cast: Robin Renucci, Nicole Garcia, Claude Rich, Léon Zitrone, Marie-Christine Barrault, Daniel Mesguich, Adrien Kauffmann, Zakia Tahiri, Jean-Louis Foulquier, Guillaume, Chaabia Laadraoui, Annie Noël

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.