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My Favorite Season (1993)

My Favorite Season poster
Original title
Ma saison préférée
Directed by
André Téchiné
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
2h 02m
Rated
TP
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 53 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An adult brother and sister reconnect while looking after their sick mother. Their old conflicts and deep affection resurface as they face the challenges of care.

melancholicfamily-dramaslow-burnemotionally-strainedreflectivesomberintimatenaturalistic

What happens

My Favorite Season (French: Ma saison préférée) is a 1993 French drama film directed by André Téchiné, co-written by Téchiné and Pascal Bonitzer, and starring Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, and Marthe Villalonga. The story concerns a middle-aged brother and sister who resume their fragile relationship when they are forced to care for their ailing mother. It won Best Foreign Language Film at the 1996 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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