In Mom's Head ( La Tête de maman )

In Mom's Head (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: La Tête de maman
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
95 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Music Video
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Short Film
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Carine Tardieu

Written By:
Michel Leclerc
Carine Tardieu

Actors:
Karin Viard ..... Juliette 'Juju' Gotchac
Chloé Coulloud ..... Lucille 'Lulu' Gotchac
Kad Merad ..... Jacques Charlot
Pascal Elbé ..... Antoine Gotchac
Jane Birkin ..... Jane
Sarah Cohen-Hadria ..... Clara
Arthur Ligerot ..... Simon
Suzy Falk ..... Mamie
Jérôme Kircher ..... Frédéric 'Fred' Pénéard
Nanou Garcia ..... Louisa
Danielle Hugues ..... L'herboriste (as Danièle Hugues)
Abbes Zahmani ..... Docteur Malik Kasmi
Christophe Rossignon ..... Christophe - le patron du café Au Zoo minéral
Alexandre Fogelmann ..... Jacques Charlot jeune
Jan Hammenecker ..... L'homme à Lavours
Lise Lamétrie ..... Une invitée

Synopsis:

First-time director Carine Tardieu's gentle and evocative coming-of-ager La Tête de Maman concerns Lulu (Chloë Couloud), an adolescent girl whose mother (Karin Viard) sits perpetually on the brink of illness and radiates unhappiness; she is resolutely unhappy with her husband, unhappy with the present state of her life. Concerned about her mom's emotional condition, Lulu discovers an old photograph that suggests the source of her dissatisfaction: a love affair gone sour with a young man who abandoned her, several years before Lulu's birth. To win back her mother's "smile," Lulu sets out to locate her mom's old boyfriend - now a middle-aged veterinarian - and bring him back to her mother's side. She also discovers, over the course of this mission, that her mom is now suffering from a terminal illness and sits at death's door. The character of Lulu narrates throughout, and periodically defers, in the midst of dilemmas, to her heroine, the model-turned-actress Jane Birkin (who appears from time to time, playing herself).

Lulu is 15 years old, living in an idealized French countryside with her parents. Her mother has been depressed and sickly as far back as she can remember, a state which is about to be challenged by a Lulu who slips slowly into young adulthood. The real trigger occurs when Lulu stumbles on an old picture of her mother, where she''s radiant, and Lulu realizes something must have happened along the way. Her second thought, being the entrepreneurial type that she is, is it may also be the route to get her back. A two generational first-love tale unfolds with Lulu at the helm.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 06 May, 2008.

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