38th edition
17-25 january 2026
Image Nord
France
1991 Fiction 1h36
After twenty-five years, the father and mother have stopped speaking to one another : he is an alcoholic, she takes care of their mentally handicapped daughter. Their son, Bertrand, hates high-school; he prefers his spiritual father, a deep-sea fisherman. The tragic story of a desintagrating family.
With : Bulle Ogier, Bernard Verley, Xavier Beauvois, Jean-René Gossart, Jean Douchet
Screenplay : Xavier Beauvois
Image : Fabio Conversi
Sound : Rolly Belhassen
Music : Philippe Chatiliez
Editing : Agnès Guillemot
Production : BVF - 77, rue du Château, BP 409 - 92103 Boulogne-Billancourt
Tel : 01 46 05 09 09
Xavier Beauvois, 24, has already won the Prix de Rome (film section). Actor in M. Bena's "Le ciel de Paris", he also assisted André Téchiné on "Les Innocents" and Manoel de Oliveira on "Mon Cas", and produced "Le Matou", which won the Prix du Jury at the "Festival du Court Métrage" in Lille.