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Ma mère ()

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When his father dies, a young man is introduced by his attractive, amoral mother to a world of hedonism and depravity.
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Hélène
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Pierre
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Hansi
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Réa
Jean-Baptiste Montagut ...
Loulou
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Marthe
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Robert
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Le père
Pascal Tokatlian ...
Klaus
Theo Hakola ...
Ian (as Théo Hakola)
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Le docteur
Patrick Fanik ...
Eric
Susi Egetenmeier ...
Le femme des dunes
Sylvia Love Johnson ...
Le femme de ménage (as Sylvia Johnson)

Directed by

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Christophe Honoré

Written by

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Georges Bataille ... (novel)
 
Christophe Honoré ... ()

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Paulo Branco ... producer
Dimitri de Clercq ... associate producer
Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu ... co-producer
Gabriele Kranzelbinder ... co-producer
Bernard-Henri Lévy ... producer
Stéphane Sorlat ... associate producer

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Hélène Louvart ... director of photography

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Chantal Hymans

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Elisabeth Legrand ... first assistant editor
Thomas Treu ... on-line editor

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Richard Rousseau

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Laurent Allaire

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Pierre Canitrot

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Frédéric Balmer ... assistant makeup artist
Paul de Fisser ... hair stylist
Delphine Jaffart ... key makeup artist
Pierre Olivier Persin ... special makeup effects artist

Production Management

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Joaquim Carvalho ... unit production manager
Julien Diehn ... post-production supervisor
Laetitia Fèvre ... production supervisor
Sylvain Monod ... production manager

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Julie Gouet ... assistant director
Sylvie Peyre ... first assistant director

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Thelma de Jerusalém ... property master
Yannick Heuveline ... assistant decorator
Arnaud Roth ... first assistant decorator

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Jean-Claude Brisson ... sound
Thierry Delor ... re-recording mixer
Pascal Després ... boom operator (as Pascal Despres)
Frédéric Fichefet ... sound editor
Alexander Koller ... sound mixer
Bernhard Maisch ... sound
Joaquim Pinto ... sound

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Hugues Espinasse ... focus puller
Jean-François Hensgens ... first assistant camera
José Loureiro ... grip (as José Carlos Loureiro)
Carlos Santos ... key grip

Casting Department

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Margarida Roberto ... casting: Portugal

Location Management

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François Pujol ... location scout

Script and Continuity Department

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Maureen Meyer ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Helena Gonçalves ... production assistant
Nadege Pageau ... production staff
Alex Panagakis ... publicist
Charles-Edouard Renault ... legal counsel
Marta Vaz de Sousa ... production coordinator

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Diastème ... thanks
Gaël Morel ... thanks

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Plot Summary

Pierre, a youth, comes from his grandmother's in France to stay with his parents in the Canary Islands. His father talks oddly about his lost youth and leaves abruptly for France. Mom promises to take Pierre to a nightclub, remarking that people will think he's her lover. He prays. His father dies in France, and his mother wants him to empty his father's office; Pierre finds it full of pornography. His mother takes him in tow into a night world without morality, a world of sexual exploitation, exhibitionism, and wildness. What will Pierre make of this, and what, ultimately, will he make of his mother? Written by

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Also Known As
  • Minha Mãe (Portugal)
  • Meine Mutter (Austria)
  • Mi madre (Spain)
  • Ma mère (Mi madre) (Spain)
  • My Mother (World-wide, English title)
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  • 110 min
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Movie Connections Referenced in Caché (2005). See more »
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Quotes Hélène, the Mother: Your father is dead. I won't lie to you anymore. You must admit that I'm worse than him. I don't deserve your respect. What do you think I've been doing every afternoon all these years? Why were you raised by your grandmother? What did you imagine? Look at me, Pierre! I'm a bitch. A slut. No one respects me. Your father knew. He allowed it. If you really love me, then admit that I'm disgusting. I want you to love me for that. For the shame I inspire in you.
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