Mother and Son
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2023
March 2 - 12, 2023
Léonor Serraille returns with this portrait of the complex, sometimes painful relationship between an African immigrant mother and her sons, spanning 20 years of their ever-shifting relationship following their arrival in France from the Ivory Coast in 1989.
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Léonor Serraille, whose debut feature, Montparnasse Bienvenüe, was a highlight of Rendez-Vous 2018, returns with this portrait of the complex, sometimes painful relationship between an African immigrant mother and her sons. Upon arriving in France from the Ivory Coast in 1989 with two young children, Rose (Annabelle Lengronne) finds work as a hotel cleaner. The loving and exuberant but erratic mother’s penchant for partying means that she has trouble attending to her job, let alone to her studious sons, Jean (played by Stéphane Bak in adulthood) and Ernest (Ahmed Sylla). Spanning 20 years of their ever-shifting relationship, Serraille demonstrates rare nuance and sensitivity in this thoughtful portrait of an Afro-French family.
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