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My Mum, Cancer and Me

2019 · 93 min

A gentle, bittersweet coming-of-age story that balances first-crush awkwardness with the quiet weight of a parent's illness.

Overview
14-year-old Tania starts to become aware that the boys at school are interested in her at the same time as she learns that her mother has breast cancer.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • parenthood
  • love
  • identity
Places
  • home
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour4
Realism8
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance, drama
Directed by
Yann Samuell
Written by
Victoria Musiedlak, Élise Benroubi
Starring
Émilie Dequenne, Lorette Nyssen, Miveck Packa, Melchior Lebeaut, Jean-Michel Fête, Carole Franck, Jérôme Robart, Alka Balbir
Music
Cyrille Aufort
Cinematography
Lubomir Bakchev
Runtime
93 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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