La tête de maman (2007)
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Karin Viard, Chloé Coulloud, Kad Merad, Pascal Elbé
A devoted Jane Birkin fan tries to bring back her mother's lost smile by finding the first love who once made her happy.
The story
Fifteen-year-old Lulu, a devoted Jane Birkin fan, is struggling to get along with her mother, Juliette. Juliette seems unfulfilled and to have lost her zest for life long ago. Lulu knows little of her mother's passions and is troubled by the distance between them. Then she discovers photographs and an old film showing Juliette smiling beside Jacques, her first love. Hoping to understand what once brought her mother happiness, Lulu sets out to find Jacques and recover the smile she sees in those old images.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Lulu, a 15-year-old teenager and devoted Jane Birkin fan, is having some difficulties getting along with her mother, Juliette. Juliette is unfulfilled and seems to have lost her zest for life a long time ago. The only passion Lulu knows her mother to have is the contents of her intestines... But then Lulu comes across photos and an old film of her mother, smiling alongside her first love, Jacques. She sets out to find her mother's smile and seeks out the man who, many years earlier, had managed to make her happy.
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