Paris-Brest (2020)
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Anthony Bajon, Catherine Arditi, Valerie Karsenti, Gilles Cohen, Kévin Azaïs, Daphné Patakia
A young literature student leaves his family behind to pursue a new life in Paris, then returns years later to confront the family he may turn into fiction.
The story
Colin, a young literature student, is repelled by his parents’ greed and fixation on social success. He leaves Brest for Paris to study at the Sorbonne and hopes his girlfriend Élise will join him. He asks his beloved grandmother Manou, a widow with a small fortune, to finance the move, but she refuses because she fears losing him. Five years later, Colin returns to Brest to meet his newborn nephew. His reunion with his parents is stormy, and he announces that he intends to write a novel based on his family. His parents worry that his portrayal of them will be harsh, while Colin also tries to reconnect with Élise, who did not go to Paris with him.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Colin, a young literature student, can no longer stand his parents. Their greed and obsession with social success disgust him. So he decides to leave Brest, his hometown, and settle in Paris to study at the Sorbonne. He wants his girlfriend, Élise, to go with him. To make his plan a reality, he visits his grandmother Manou, to whom he is very close. A widow, she has a small personal fortune. But she refuses to finance her grandson’s plan, because that would mean losing him. Five years later, Colin returns to Brest for the first time to meet his nephew, the baby his sister has just had. His reunion with his parents is stormy. His beloved grandmother now lives in a nursing home for dependent elderly people, after her health deteriorated following the shock of having her valuable paintings stolen. Colin announces that he plans to write a novel based on his family, which will make him a successful author. Colin’s parents do not share their son’s enthusiasm and fear that the future book will harm them because of the harsh portrayal it will give of them. Meanwhile, Colin tries to find Élise, his childhood sweetheart, who ultimately did not accompany him to Paris. He finds her, but she is now married and a mother...
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