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My Dearest

1980 · 87 min

A quiet, observant French drama that drifts through a mother and daughter's seemingly easy closeness while unspoken restlessness hums underneath.

Overview
Jeanne has been divorced for seven years now and her life is centered around Sarah, her fifteen year-old daughter. They appear to have a perfectly harmonious life together, a relationship based on deep mutual understanding and trust. So when Sarah needs a contraceptive, it's her mother who goes alone to the drugstore with her. However, under this idyllic surface there are tensions at work. Jeanne's on and off affair with Pierre does not save her from feeling lonely, and Sarah is bored by school. Both of them dream of an independent life, though neither will admit it.

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • parenthood
    • identity
    • coming-of-age
    • loneliness
    Places
    • big city
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism8
    Romance3
    Tension3
    Darkness3
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    comedy, drama
    Directed by
    Charlotte Dubreuil
    Written by
    Édouard Luntz
    Starring
    Marie-Christine Barrault, Béatrice Bruno, Françoise Lebrun, Herman Gilis, Noëlle Frémont, Pauline Delfau, Nathalie van de Walle, Yvonne Legrand
    Cinematography
    Gilbert Duhalde
    Runtime
    87 min
    Country
    France
    Languages
    French

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