Julien is an adorable boy on the cusp of adolescence, but he is also a prisoner of love. His mother, neglected by her academic husband, adores him excessively and controls his every move, often through cruel psychological bullying. Miserable, he tries to break free, finding and then losing a girlfriend, turning to his grandmother and sister, calling the police, threatening suicide... But there’s nothing stronger than a mother’s love.
Martial Fougeron
A native of Strasbourg, where he founded the ArtScène theatre group in 1984. Two years later, he started studying at the Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques in Paris, and in 1997 made the video short, Oranges et pamplemousses. His first 35 mm short was Je vois déjà le titre (1999), followed by Finie la comédie! (2000), Une voix d’homme (2001) and Il y a longtemps que je t’aime, voix off (2003), preparatory short for his first feature film, Mon fils à moi (2006).
Director:
Martial Fougeron
Screenplay:
Martial Fougeron, Florence Eliakim
Production:
Frédéric NiedermayerMoby Dick Films72, rue de Dunkerque 75009 ParisTel 33 1 53 20 02 09Fax 33 1 53 20 08 12contact@mobydickfilms.fr
Co-Production:
Why Not Productions (Paris)
Photography:
Yorgos Arvanitis
Edition:
Laurence Briaud
Music:
Frédéric Fortuny, Fabrice Dumont
Cast:
Nathalie Baye, Victor Sevaux, Olivier Gourmet, Marie Kremer, Emmanuelle Riva
Sales:
Celluloid Dreams2, rue Turgot75009 ParisTel 33 1 49 70 03 70Fax 33 1 49 70 03 71info@celluloid-dreams.com
Running Time:
90 m.
GOLDEN SHELL FOR BEST FILM MON FILS À MOI, Martial Fougeron (France) ex-aequo to NIWEMANG / HALF MOON, Bahman Ghobadi (Irán-Irak-Austria-France)
SILVER SHELL FOR BEST ACTRESS to NATHALIE BAYE