Quelques heures de printemps (2012)

Alain Evrard, a trucker who has just finished serving a prison sentence, is forced to temporarily move back to his mother's house. This forced co-habitation causes all the violence of their... See full summary »

Director:

Stéphane Brizé

Writers:

Stéphane Brizé, Florence Vignon

Stars:

Vincent Lindon, Hélène Vincent, Emmanuelle Seigner

6 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Vincent Lindon	...	Alain Évrard
Hélène Vincent	...	Yvette Évrard
Emmanuelle Seigner	...	Clémence
Olivier Perrier	...	Monsieur Lalouette
Sylvie Jobert	...	L'employée de Pôle Emploi
Ludovic Berthillot	...	Bruno
Silvia Kahn	...	Le docteur Mathieu - la cancérologue
Jean-Luc Borgeat	...	Le responsable de l'association Mourir dans la Dignité
Véronique Montel	...	Madame Godard, l'accompagnante de l'association Mourir dans la Dignité
Abdoulaye Dramé	...	Un agent du centre de tri de déchets recyclables
Axel Beasse	...	L'opérateur de radiothérapie
Alice Bonacossa	...	Le bébé de Bruno
Julie Bonacossa	...	Le bébé de Bruno
Véronique Leclair	...	L'opératrice du scanner
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Callie	...	Callie - la chienne d'Yvette

Storyline

Alain Evrard, a trucker who has just finished serving a prison sentence, is forced to temporarily move back to his mother's house. This forced co-habitation causes all the violence of their past relationship to re-emerge. One day, Alain accidentally discovers Yvette, his mother, by a brain tumor and that she has decided to shorten her suffering by resorting to assisted suicide in Switzerland...

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Plot Keywords:

mother son reunion | ex convict | dog | dying | neighbor | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

19 September 2012 (France)

Also Known As:

Uma Primavera com Minha Mãe

Filming Locations:

Haute-Saône, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

TS Productions, Arte France Cinéma, F Comme Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Stéphane Brizé asked the directors of the documentary "Le Choix de Jean" leave to use the protocol of assisted suicide described in their film.

User Reviews

Sincere

Stéphane Brizé didn't fall into the melodramatic trap which always needs to be highlighted especially when dealing with such sensitive subjects as euthanasia and the end of life.

The performances of Hélène Vincent and the ageless Vincent Lindon are absolutely accurate and truthful, and if the two are very good, it's clear that the introverted, very sober, almost silent role of the latter didn't allow him to fully express his potential.

Moreover, and even if it's poignant, this is a "spectator" movie that won't please everybody. There is not much of a plot, it's pretty slow, everything is in the details and suggestions, and it even sometimes resembles a documentary because it adopts a strong observant posture, and this passivity is probably what serves the film badly and will leave a part of the viewers on the side of the road.