Quitter Chouchou
"I spend the holidays at my mother’s. The atmosphere is tense: not only does she find it hard to accept that I’m not the girly daughter she dreamt of having, but she is also in the middle of divorcing my stepfather. The stay promises to be eventful."
| Director | Lucie Demange |
| Actor | Jason Todd |
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It's often when works are closest to us that they are the hardest to talk about. Many of us might say this about Lucie Demange's film, as it brings us back to our own family memories, painful and even agonizing, but where love always manages to find a place to nestle and radiate. We cry with Lucie when her aunt tells her : "All we want is for you to be happy." We share her persistent cheerfulness as she helps her mother get rid of that damned bed frame that belongs to Christophe, aka Chouchou, to prove that yes, she can live alone without this man. And we tenderly hope that her mother recognizes her as she is today, in her beauty that is uniquely her own, and that she proclaims with a gentleness that does not diminish her fervor in this debut film that touches the heart.
Lysa Heurtier Manzanares
Filmmaker
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Français
32 mn
Language: Français
Subtitles: Français -
English
32 mn
Language: English
Subtitles: English
- Année 2023
- Pays France
- Durée 32
- Producteur Butternut Productions, Tchik Tchik Productions
- Langue French
- Sous-titres English
- Résumé court Lucie is not the feminine daughter her mother Agnès dreamed of having. Agnès is separating from Christophe. It's vacation time. The stay will be a hectic time.
- Mention festival First Window Audience Award · Cinéma du Réel 2023
It's often when works are closest to us that they are the hardest to talk about. Many of us might say this about Lucie Demange's film, as it brings us back to our own family memories, painful and even agonizing, but where love always manages to find a place to nestle and radiate. We cry with Lucie when her aunt tells her : "All we want is for you to be happy." We share her persistent cheerfulness as she helps her mother get rid of that damned bed frame that belongs to Christophe, aka Chouchou, to prove that yes, she can live alone without this man. And we tenderly hope that her mother recognizes her as she is today, in her beauty that is uniquely her own, and that she proclaims with a gentleness that does not diminish her fervor in this debut film that touches the heart.
Lysa Heurtier Manzanares
Filmmaker
-
Français
Duration: 32 minutesLanguage: Français
Subtitles: Français32 mn -
English
Duration: 32 minutesLanguage: English
Subtitles: English32 mn
- Année 2023
- Pays France
- Durée 32
- Producteur Butternut Productions, Tchik Tchik Productions
- Langue French
- Sous-titres English
- Résumé court Lucie is not the feminine daughter her mother Agnès dreamed of having. Agnès is separating from Christophe. It's vacation time. The stay will be a hectic time.
- Mention festival First Window Audience Award · Cinéma du Réel 2023
