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This is the story of the end of a family. After 25 years, the mother and father no longer speak. He's an alcoholic. She takes care of the children, including a mentally handicapped daughter. He works in a pharmacy. She stays at home. He drinks, but like most alcoholics, we never see him drink. She takes a lot of sleeping pills, rarely eats, and as a last hope, tries to establish a loving relationship with her son Bertrand. He doesn't go to school very often, preferring to work with an old fisherman who has become his spiritual mentor They force the father into a detox center in vain. As soon as he's back at the pharmacy he's drinking again and starts making mistakes with prescriptions. A child dies. Bertrand goes after his father intending to kill him. Instead, when he finally finds him, the two talk for the first time.

Director: Xavier Beauvois.
Screenplay: Xavier Beauvois, Arlette Langmann, Sophie Fillières.
Director of photography: Fabio Conversi.
Editor: Agnès Guillemot.
Music: Philippe Chatiliez.
Sound: Rolly Belhassen.
Cast and characters: Bulle Ogier (signora Ferrand), Bernard Verley (il padre), Xavier Beauvois (Bertrand), JeanRené Gossart (Fredo).
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Bernard Verley, B.V.F., 77 rue du Chateau, 92103 BoulogneBillancourt, France, tel. 146050909, fax 146042020.