CinemaOSMovie · 2012 · 1h 25m

Avanti

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What does ‘normal’ actually mean? And what is ‘crazy’? Everybody attempts to convince Léa that her mother, Suzanne, is mentally ill. Her father wants to see her returned to the psychiatric clinic, but Léa refuses to see her mother in the same light: Suzanne is happy – even if she doesn’t act like others expect her to. She appears to live a joyfully infantile existence after calmly letting go of life’s pressures. Léa captures her mother’s life on film and focuses her attention on examining the old super-8 films from the family archives. When she is left to drive her mother back to the clinic after a weekend at home, Léa grabs her opportunity: She turns the car around and whisks Suzanne off on a journey; a road trip without the judgements of others. AVANTI follows a mother-daughter relationship with an ease and depth that highlights the complexity of the emotional ties within a family.

Directed byEmmanuelle Antille

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 25m
Language
FR
Released
September 22, 2012
Studios
Box ProductionsRTSVersus Production

Featuring

Cast & crew

8 credited
Starring
Hanna Schygulla

Hanna Schygulla

Suzanne

Miou-Miou

Miou-Miou

Catherine

Nina Meurisse

Nina Meurisse

Léa

Christophe Dimitri Réveille

Christophe Dimitri Réveille

Max

Monique Mélinand

Monique Mélinand

Anita

Jean-Pierre Gos

Jean-Pierre Gos

François

Frank Arnaudon

Service Station Salesman

Raphael Bonacchi

Client

Creative team
Directed by
Emmanuelle Antille
Written by
Emmanuelle Antille

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