Ma Mere
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- Synopsis
- An attractive widow finds her attentions turning to her teenage son in a troubling manner in this drama from France. Pierre (Louis Garrel) is a moody 17-year-old who is spending the summer with his parents at their summer home in the Canary Islands....
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- Director(s)
- Christophe Honoré
- Distributor(s)
- Gemini Films
- MPAA Rating
- NC-17
- Runtime
- 110 min.
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Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites
Isn't for the kiddies. It probably isn't for anyone not interested in the darkest corners of the human psyche.Read the full review
Variety | Scott FoundasAdd Critic to Favorites
Director Christophe Honore's respectable, tightly coiled, but ultimately unrewarding adaptation of Georges Bataille's posthumous novel.Read the full review
Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites
Ma Mère, while less prudish than Catherine Breillat's dour deconstructions of sex, is also less competent. It winds up making incest look absurdly swank.Read the full review