La mère Christain (1998)

Genre : Drama, Comedy

Runtime : 1H 30M

Director : Myriam Boyer
Writer : Myriam Boyer

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Myriam Boyer
Myriam Boyer
'La mère Christain'
Bruno Boëglin
Bruno Boëglin
'Le Riri'
Maryline Even
Maryline Even
'La Margot'
Clovis Cornillac
Clovis Cornillac
'Le Ziquet'
Lorraine Bouchet
Lorraine Bouchet
Gigi
Philippe Vincent
Philippe Vincent
Monsieur Jean
Gérard Mignot
Gérard Mignot
Mignot
Michel Meyrieux
Michel Meyrieux
The bargeman

Crews

Myriam Boyer
Myriam Boyer
Director
Myriam Boyer
Myriam Boyer
Screenplay
Myriam Boyer
Myriam Boyer
Producer
Roland Romanelli
Roland Romanelli
Music
Dominique Chapuis
Dominique Chapuis
Director of Photography
Claudine Merlin
Claudine Merlin
Editor
Frédérique Hurpeau
Frédérique Hurpeau
Production Design
Jacqueline Bouchard
Jacqueline Bouchard
Costume Design

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