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Pieds nus sur les limaces (2010)

108 min · Tragicomedy

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Directors

Fabienne Berthaud

Cast

Diane Kruger, Ludivine Sagnier, Denis Ménochet, Brigitte Catillon, Jacques Spiesser, Anne Benoît, Jean-Pierre Martins, Gaëtan Gallier, Reda Kateb, Côme Levin, Arthur Orcier

After their mother’s sudden death, a disciplined city woman leaves her home to care for her free-spirited younger sister in the countryside.

The story

After their mother dies suddenly, sisters Clara and Lily are left grieving. Clara, the rigid older sister, is married to Pierre, a promising lawyer, and lives in the capital. She decides to leave her home and city life to care for Lily, who is alone in the family house in the countryside. Wild, immature, whimsical and uninhibited, Lily is a striking contrast to Clara.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

The sudden death of their mother, struck down by a stroke while behind the wheel of her car, leaves her two daughters grieving. Clara, very rigid and strict, will have to look after her sister Lily, a wild, immature, whimsical, uninhibited girl. The older sister, a model city woman married to Pierre, a promising lawyer, decides to leave the capital and her home to devote herself to Lily, who has been left alone in the family house in the countryside. Under Lily’s influence, Clara gradually begins to question her life and finds herself enjoying a certain freedom.

Genres

Tragicomedy

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