For assistance to murder Catherine Berger (Catherine Deneuve) is sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment. There she gives birth to a son, Simon (Jean-Jaques Briot). After her release Catherine wants to make up for the lost years and tries to built up a close relationship to her already grown-up son. Despite some tensions when she finds out that Simon has a love affair with her best girl-friend Catherine’s efforts work out and in the “happy” end they become a real family when she finds the perfect lover – Simon’s teacher.
Release Date: 1 October 1976Runtime: 105 min
Stars:
- Albina du Boisrouvray
- Anouk Aimée
- Catherine Deneuve
- Charles Denner
- Colette Baudot
- Francis Huster
- Georges Staquet
- Jacques Villeret
- Jean-Jacques Briot
- Jean-Pierre Kalfon
- Manuella Papatakis
- Niels Arestrup
- Paul Bellaiche
- Richard Caron
- Valérie Lagrange
Director: Claude Lelouch