A Few Hours of Spring (2012)
Forty-eight-year-old Alain Evrard is obliged to return home to live with his mother. This situation causes all the violence of their past relationship to rise to the surface. Alain then discovers that his mother has a fatal illness. In the last months of her life, will they finally be capable of taking a step toward each other?
Director:
Stéphane Brizé
Writers:
Florence Vignon, Stéphane Brizé.
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Vincent Lindon as Alain |
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Hélène Vincent as Yvette |
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Emmanuelle Seigner as Clémence |
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Olivier Perrier as Monsieur Lalouette |
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Sylvie Jobert as L'employée de Pôle Emploi |
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Ludovic Berthillot as Bruno |
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Silvia Kahn as Le docteur Mathieu - la cancérologue |
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Jean-Luc Borgeat as Le responsable de l'association Mourir dans la Dignité |
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Véronique Montel as Madame Godard, l'accompagnante de l'association Mourir dans la Dignité |
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Abdoulaye Dramé as Un agent du centre de tri de déchets recyclables |
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Axel Beasse as L'opérateur de radiothérapie |
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Alice Bonacossa as Le bébé de Bruno |
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Julie Bonacossa as Le bébé de Bruno |
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Véronique Leclair as L'opératrice du scanner |
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Pascal Tréguy as Head Animal Trainer |
| Directing | Stéphane Brizé | Director |
| Writing | Florence Vignon | Screenplay |
| Writing | Stéphane Brizé | Screenplay |
| Production | Rémi Burah | Co-Producer |
| Camera | Antoine Héberlé | Director of Photography |
| Production | Gilles Sacuto | Producer |
| Editing | Anne Klotz | Editor |
| Sound | Warren Ellis | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Brigitte Moidon | Casting |
| Sound | Nick Cave | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Valérie Bille | Set Decoration |
| Production | Miléna Poylo | Producer |
| Art | Valérie Saradjian | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ann Dunsford | Costume Design |
| Production | Pascale Paddy | Casting |