La première étoile (2009)
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Firmine Richard, Lucien Jean-Baptiste, Anne Consigny, Jimmy Woha, Ludovic François
A cash-strapped father scrambles to fulfill his promise of a family skiing holiday before his wife gives up on him.
The story
Jean-Gabriel Élisabeth, a West Indian-descended father of three, lives in Créteil with his wife, who is from mainland France. Scraping by on odd jobs and spending much of his time at a local PMU bar, he makes a rash promise to take the whole family on a skiing holiday to please his daughter. The promise carries high stakes: if he fails to keep it, his wife will leave him. With little knowledge of the alpine world, Jean-Gabriel must find a way to make the trip happen, relying on his resourcefulness and the help of his energetic, colorful West Indian mother.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Jean-Gabriel Élisabeth, who is of West Indian descent, is married to a woman from mainland France and is the father of three children. He lives in Créteil, scraping by on odd jobs, and spends his time at the local PMU bar. One day, to make his daughter happy, he rashly promises the whole family that he’ll take them on a skiing holiday. There’s just one problem: this time, if he doesn’t keep his promise, his wife will leave him. He’ll have to use boundless ingenuity to make it happen, then face an alpine world he knows little about. Fortunately, he can count on his mother’s help: an energetic, colorful woman from the West Indies. The film, which is partly autobiographical, shows newcomers discovering the mountains—particularly the resort of Les Gets in Haute-Savoie—and its customs.
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