La mère Christain

1h 30min

Drama

Comedy

In industrial Lyon of the early '50s, a widowed bar-owner listens to radio crime serials, reads detective magazines, and grieves for her daughter, killed two years earlier in a mineshaft accident. Consumed by her loss and unwilling to face the truth, the bar-owner becomes suspicious of the grim patrons in her drab tavern, seeking someone to blame as she contemplates revenge.

Cast

Myriam Boyer

Myriam Boyer

'La mère Christain'
Maryline Even

Maryline Even

'La Margot'
Clovis Cornillac

Clovis Cornillac

'Le Ziquet'
Philippe Vincent

Philippe Vincent

Monsieur Jean
Michel Meyrieux

Michel Meyrieux

The bargeman

Release date

9th Dec 1998

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Français