Les mots pour le dire
6.5
92 minutes
10/12/1983
Overview
A psychological drama that details the tormented relationship between Marie and her mother, stemming from Marie's childhood on their estate in Algeria. The mother, Eliane had lost a child before Marie was born and was consumed with hatred for her husband who was carrying tuberculosis and may have been the cause of the child's death. That hatred was never resolved, and Marie grew up in a bitter and strained household. As both women grow older, Marie marries and raises a family while her mother sinks ever deeper into anger, frustration, poverty, and isolated despair. She vents her destructive emotions on her daughter and is completely resistant to her daughter's attempts to help her, to make her life better.
Cast List
Nicole Garcia
as Marie Saint-Jean
Marie-Christine Barrault
as Eliane Saint-Jean
Daniel Mesguich
as Psychoanalyst
Claude Rich
as Guillaume Talbiac
Jean-Luc Boutté
as François
Michèle Baumgartner
as Michèle
Jean-Louis Foulquier
as Bertheas
Robin Renucci
as Marie's father
Céline Blanc-Potard
as Jeanne
Violaine Gonce
as Marie, child
Denise Noël
as Nurse
Bernard Montagner
as Intern
Annie Noël
as Nurse
Robert Party
as Finchel
Rudolph Monori
as Rudolph
Marie Cardinal
as Editor
Chaabia Laadraoui
as Nany
Marie-Jo Hareux
as Woman at the bar
Anne-Marie Jabraud
as Metro station chief
Zakia Tahiri
as Young tango dancer
Adrien Kauffmann
as Aristide
Guillaume
as Child
Mariusz Pujszo
Tomasz Białkowski
Jean Dolande
Mitzi Hahn
Maud Léthéo
Christiane Meriel
Gérard Lester
as (uncredited)
Léon Zitrone
as TV show presenter (uncredited)