Maddened by his Absence

2012 | Color | 98 min

After being away for 10 years, Jacques comes back to France to handle his father´s estate. He left France and went to live in the United States to escape a painful past he shared with Mado, his former wife, who in the meantime has built a new life with Stéphane and their seven-year-old son, Paul. Upon his return, Jacques and Mado meet again. He asks to meet her son Paul; Mado hesitates, then accepts but does not tell her husband. Soon Paul and Jacques get close and start to see each other secretly.

Country: Francia, Bélgica, Luxemburgo
Direction: Bonnaire; Sandrine
Script: Bonnaire; Sandrine, Tonnerre; Jérôme
Production: Gonzalez; Jesus, Steil; Nicolás, Schmitt; Thomas, Besnehard Michel Feller; Dominique
Photography: Guilbert; Philippe
Sound: Kohn; Philippe
Music: Dziezuk; André
Cast:Hurt; William, Lamy; Alexandra, Legrand; Augustin, Mehenni; Jalil, Deux; Sébastien, Rutili; Norbert
Art direction: Hager; Denis
Participation year at FICM: 2012

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