Barrage (2017)

5.3/10 112 min Drama

Overview

After ten years abroad, Catherine returns to Luxembourg, to catch up with her daughter Alba, brought up by Catherine’s mother Elisabeth. Alba is cold and distant with this stranger showing up unexpectedly in her life, so is Elisabeth, keen to keep her protégée to herself. One day, Catherine cannot take it anymore. She kidnaps Alba and takes her on a trip to a lake up North. Begins an unsettling journey into the puzzling world of motherly love, only to find out that sometimes the true opponent is yourself.

Cast

Lolita Chammah

Catherine

Themis Pauwels

Alba

Isabelle Huppert

Elisabeth

Elsa Houben

Agathe

Luc Schiltz

Pol

Marja-Leena Junker

Babette

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