French director Eleonore Faucher's debut feature, which won the Critics' Week Grand Prix at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival, is an unusual look at the bond that forms between two very different women. One is middle-aged and mourning the loss of her grown son; the other is a teenager about to give birth to a baby she's not sure she wants. Determined to live life on her own terms away from her parents' constant bickering, 17-year-old Claire Moutiers (Lola Naymark) has moved off the family farm and into a small apartment in the nearby town of Angouleme. Claire supports herself by working as a cashier at the local supermarket, but hopes one day to turn her flair for embroi...
Released:
2004
Rated:
NR
Length:
88 mins