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Les Mots pour le dire

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.

Top Cast

  • Nicole Garcia

    Nicole Garcia

    Marie Saint-Jean

  • Marie-Christine Barrault

    Marie-Christine Barrault

    Eliane Saint-Jean

  • Daniel Mesguich

    Daniel Mesguich

    Psychoanalyst

  • Claude Rich

    Claude Rich

    Guillaume Talbiac

  • Jean-Luc Boutté

    Jean-Luc Boutté

    François

  • Michèle Baumgartner

    Michèle Baumgartner

    Michèle

  • Jean-Louis Foulquier

    Jean-Louis Foulquier

    Bertheas

  • Robin Renucci

    Robin Renucci

    Marie's father

  • Céline Blanc-Potard

    Céline Blanc-Potard

    Jeanne

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.

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