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Ma mère
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Director:
Christophe Honoré
Writers:
Georges Bataille (novel)
Christophe Honoré (writer)
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Release Date:
19 May 2004 (Belgium) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Based on George Bataille's posthumous and controversial novel: When his father dies, a young man is introduced by his attractive, amoral mother to a world of hedonism and depravity. full summary | add synopsis
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2 nominations more
User Comments:
Rotten at the Core more (37 total)

Cast

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Isabelle Huppert ... Hélène, the Mother
Louis Garrel ... Pierre, the Son
Emma de Caunes ... Hansi
Joana Preiss ... Réa
Jean-Baptiste Montagut ... Loulou
Dominique Reymond ... Marthe
Olivier Rabourdin ... Robert
Philippe Duclos ... The Father
Pascal Tokatlian ... Klaus
Théo Hakola ... Ian
Nuno Lopes ... The Doctor
Patrick Fanik ... Eric
Susi Egetenmeier ... Woman in dunes
Sylvia Johnson ... Woman of couple
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Meine Mutter (Austria)
Mi madre (Spain)
My Mother (International: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated NC-17 for strong and aberrant sexual content.; Rated R for strong aberrant sexuality, some language and violent images. (special edit)
Runtime:
110 min
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Canary Islands, Spain
Company:
Gemini Films more

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Referenced in Caché (2005) more
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ADAGIO FOR STRINGS more

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Rotten at the Core, 23 May 2006
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Author: toddsolley63 from United States

It is ironic that the protagonist in "Ma Mere" evolves from a "believer" into an "agnostic" after the tutelage in depravity offered him by his mother. Ironic, because certainly if ever there were a film that inspired--demanded--moral judgement upon its characters, it is this one (all the more so, when one views the alternate ending on the DVD). And yet, the message of the film (if there is really any) is that there is no place for judgement--or any hope of redemption. This turns a rather pornographic character study into a third rate tragedy. I remember the grave controversy that erupted over Bertolucci's "Luna" in 1979. How open minded (or, how low we have sunk, depending on your take on the matter) we have become as filmgoers that "Ma Mere" hardly caused a ripple. Indeed it is "Luna" to the tenth power. Although the plot does little more than provide a reason for the cast to engage in fornication, incest, homosexuality, domination, abuse, flaying (sort of), etc., Isabelle Huppert as the mother, and Louis Garrell as her son, are excellent (and beautiful)--as usual. That they have lent their talents to camouflaged exploitation can best be described as "unwise", though some critics have called it "courageous." "The pleasure only begins when the worm is in the fruit", the mother tells her son at one point in the picture. You can be sure this fruit is rotten at the core.

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