Avanti

Avanti

2012
1h 25m
4.5

4.5/10

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Overview

What does ‘normal’ actually mean? And what is ‘crazy’? Everybody attempts to convince Léa that her mother, Suzanne, is mentally ill. Her father wants to see her returned to the psychiatric clinic, but Léa refuses to see her mother in the same light: Suzanne is happy – even if she doesn’t act like others expect her to. She appears to live a joyfully infantile existence after calmly letting go of life’s pressures. Léa captures her mother’s life on film and focuses her attention on examining the old super-8 films from the family archives. When she is left to drive her mother back to the clinic after a weekend at home, Léa grabs her opportunity: She turns the car around and whisks Suzanne off on a journey; a road trip without the judgements of others. AVANTI follows a mother-daughter relationship with an ease and depth that highlights the complexity of the emotional ties within a family.

Status: Released

Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Companies
Box Productions RTS Versus Production
Production Countries
Belgium Switzerland
Spoken Languages
French

Quick Facts

Release Date September 22, 2012
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt2318397

Cast

Hanna Schygulla
Hanna Schygulla

Suzanne

Miou-Miou
Miou-Miou

Catherine

Nina Meurisse
Nina Meurisse

Léa

Christophe Dimitri Réveille
Christophe Dimitri Réveille

Max

Monique Mélinand
Monique Mélinand

Anita

Jean-Pierre Gos
Jean-Pierre Gos

François

Frank Arnaudon
Frank Arnaudon

Service Station Salesman

Raphael Bonacchi
Raphael Bonacchi

Client

Key Crew

Emmanuelle Antille
Director
Emmanuelle Antille
Writer