In François Ozon’s twisty thriller, a retired woman’s strained relationship with her daughter is pushed to the breaking point.
Synopsis
After a tumultuous life in Paris, Michelle has retired to a quiet existence in Burgundy, tending her garden and attending services at her parish. The voracious hostility of her adult daughter Valérie remains Michelle’s great puzzlement: how can a child for whom she sacrificed so much treat her with such contempt and suspicion? When Valérie drops off her son for a week with his grandmother, Michelle sees an opportunity to repair the relationship, but a culinary accident soon undercuts whatever trust remains. With the help of her best friend Marie-Claude, whose son has recently been released from prison, Michelle plots a path towards restoring the family life so long denied her. With a deceptively placid surface, master stylist François Ozon cooks up a twisty and destabilizing thriller where family ties remain the most mysterious ingredient of all.
Credits
Rating: 12A
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: François Ozon
Stars: Hélène Vincent, Josiane Balasko, Ludivine Sagnier