Maddened by His Absence
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- Runtime
- 98 mins
After ten years, Jacques comes back to France to handle his father’s succession. He had left France to live in the USA to escape a painful past he shared with Mado, his former wife, who in the meantime built a new life with Stéphane and their 7 year old son, Paul. Upon his return, Jacques and Mado meet again; he asks to meet her son Paul; Mado hesitates, then accepts but hides it from her husband. Soon, Paul and Jacques get close and they start to see each other secretly.
After ten years, Jacques comes back to France to handle his father’s succession. He had left France to live in the USA to escape a painful past he shared with Mado, his former wife, who in the meantime built a new life with Stéphane and their 7 year old son, Paul. Upon his return, Jacques and Mado meet again; he asks to meet her son Paul; Mado hesitates, then accepts but hides it from her husband. Soon, Paul and Jacques get close and they start to see each other secretly.
Cast
- William Hurt
- Alexandra Lamy
- Augustin Legrand
- Jalil Mehenni
- Matteo Trevisan
- Françoise Oriane
- Norbert Rutili
- Serge Hutry
- Colette Kieffer
- Véronique Fauconnet
- Jean-François Wolff
- Gilles Soeder
- Jérôme Varanfrain
Director
- Sandrine Bonnaire
Producers
- Dominique Besnehard
- Michel Feller
- Jesus Gonzalez-Elvira
- Thomas Schmitt
- Nicolas Steil
