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Storyline:

A quiet painter, separated from his wife for a year, receives a suitcase in the mail from his mother, whom he hasn't seen since infancy. He believes she abandoned him to his wealthy, paternal grandparents. The suitcase contains mementos and a diary, a long letter to him, written over the years, with details of her youth, her first job as a pianist at a cinema, the coming of talkies, her marriage, and how he came to live with his grandparents. As he reads through the materials and her story comes to life, his son Antoine, who's about 10 or 12, tries to break through his father's silence and sorrow by taking matters into his own hands.

Cast:

Monique Spaziani

as Céleste Beaumont

Gabriel Arcand

as Madrigale Blaudelle

Miou-Miou

as Lauda

François Méthé

as Antoine

Françoise Faucher

as Simone Blaudelle

Rémy Girard

as Monsieur Litwin

Rita Lafontaine

as Madame Beaumont

Jacques Penot

as Pierre Blaudelle

Jean-Louis Roux

as Monsieur Blaudelle

Charles Reiner

as Gunther

Marcel Sabourin

as Homme du train

Charlotte Laurier

as Bonne

Hubert Loiselle

as Monsieur Beaumont

Papa John Creach

as John Devil