Kurys, Diane, Bacri, Jean-Pierre, Huppert, Isabelle, Marchand, Guy, Miou-Miou, Renucci, Robin	...	(Director)
Diane Kurys, Diane Kurys	...	(Writer)
Miou-Miou	...	Madeleine
Isabelle Huppert	...	Lena Weber
Guy Marchand	...	Michel Korski
Jean-Pierre Bacri	...	Costa Segara
Robin Renucci	...	Raymond
Patrick Bauchau	...	Carlier
Jacques Alric	...	Mr. Vernier
Jacqueline Doyen	...	Mme Vernier
Saga Blanchard	...	Sophie
Guillaume Le Guellec	...	René
Christine Pascal	...	Sarah
Corinne Anxionnaz	...
Jacques Blal	...	Lionel Feldman
Bernard Cazassus	...	Le chef de gare
Gérard Chambre	...

Comments: DFR 102

Summary: Filmmaker Diane Kurys examines the bittersweet friendship of two women (Isabelle Huppert and Miou Miou) during post-World War II France in this semi-autobiographical account of her mother and father. The women struggle with their dreams and identities, compromising themselves with marriages that are not very satisfying. They long to own their own boutique, but domestic priorities always seem to cut short their aspirations and their friendship. They are only happy when they are together. However, the husbands struggle with their postwar identities as well, and compromise turns them into angry men. The children, meanwhile, are the quiet victims in all of this. It's a predictable yet moving film with much to offer. --Bill Desowitz