Plot
Like Vanya, in Malle's last film, Milou never left the family estate. His mother dies during the May 1968 student uprising in Paris. The brother who is the London correspondent for Le Monde keeps turning up the volume of the radio for the latest news. A deceased sister's interest in the estate is represented by a niece who is an antique dealer, who is most interested in grandmother's emerald ring that Milou's daughter Camille has already slipped on her finger. A non-relative, a truck driver who can't deliver his load of tomatoes in Paris, brings a nephew who was part of the uprising. Everyone is on strike and the matriarch can't be buried.
Written by
Louis Malle, Jean-Claude Carrière
Directed by
Louis Malle
Crew
Production Countries
Italy, France
Production Companies
Ellepi Films, Nouvelles Éditions de Films (NEF), TF1 Films Production
Languages
Français, English
Awards
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award2 wins & 7 nominations total