La mère Christain (1998)

10.0/10 90 min Drama Comedy

Overview

In industrial Lyon of the early '50s, a widowed bar-owner listens to radio crime serials, reads detective magazines, and grieves for her daughter, killed two years earlier in a mineshaft accident. Consumed by her loss and unwilling to face the truth, the bar-owner becomes suspicious of the grim patrons in her drab tavern, seeking someone to blame as she contemplates revenge.

Cast

Myriam Boyer

'La mère Christain'

Bruno Boëglin

'Le Riri'

Maryline Even

'La Margot'

Clovis Cornillac

'Le Ziquet'

Philippe Vincent

Monsieur Jean

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