Emmanuel lives with his second wife, Mara, and her 20 year old daughter, Natacha. The relationship between Emmanuel and his step-daughter are tense, and an argument erupts just when Emmanuel is about to go and join his first wife, Lili and his young daughter Elise for the week-end. Emmanuel and Elise take a trip from the south of France into Spain, working on a film project. Through a series of round-about conversations, Emmanuel manages to open up a few channels of communication with Elise — channels that expand even wider when he uses the technique of talking into her video camera to express thoughts and feelings that otherwise would have remained hidden.
Credits: Producer, Jean-Francois Lepetit ; director, Jacques Doillon ; writers, Jacques Doillon, Jean-Francois Goyet ; photography, Michel Carre.
Cast: Sami Frey, Mara Goyet, Juliet Berto, Juliette Binoche, Aina Walle.
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ACMI Identifier
X000161
Languages
English
French
Subject category
Foreign language films
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)