MADDENED BY HIS ABSENCE
synopsis
After ten years, Jacques comes back to France to handle his father's succession. He had left France to live in the USA to escape a painful past he shared with Mado, his former wife, who in the meantime, built a new life with Stéphane and their 7 year old son, Paul. Upon his return, Jacques and Mado meet again; he asks to meet her son Paul; Mado hesitates, then accepts but hides it from her husband. Soon Paul and Jacques get close and they start to see each other secretly.
international title: | Maddened by his Absence |
original title: | J'enrage de son absence |
country: | France, Belgium, Luxembourg |
sales agent: | Playtime |
year: | 2012 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Sandrine Bonnaire |
release date: | FR 31/10/2012 |
screenplay: | Sandrine Bonnaire, Jérôme Tonnerre |
cast: | WIlliam Hurt, Alexandra Lamy, Augustin Legrand, Jalil Mehenni |
cinematography by: | Philippe Guilbert |
art director: | Denis Hager |
costumes designer: | Magdalena Labuz |
producer: | Dominique Besnehard, Michel Feller, Thomas Schmitt |
production: | Mon Voisin Productions, Mosaique Films, Iris Productions |
distributor: | Ad Vitam |