This autobiographical work from French director Diane Kurys serves as a prequel to PEPPERMINT SODA, her superb 1977 feature debut.
The film opens during the German occupation of France. Lena (Isabelle Huppert), a young Russian Jew, escapes from a prison camp by marrying a stranger, Michel (Guy Marchand). Meanwhile, in Paris, art student Madeleine (Miou-Miou) must start life anew when her husband is brutally gunned down before
her. The scene then shifts to Lyons, 1952, for a chance meeting between these two women. Lena is still wed to Michel and is the mother of two children, while Madeleine has remarried. They come to realize that they can only find support from...
Released:
1983
Rated:
NR
Length:
110 mins