The First Day of the Rest of Your Life

Jul 23, 2008

1h 54m

★ 7.5

This family is your family

Overview

A sprawling drama centered on five key days in a family's life.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

StudioCanal

TPS Star

Canal+

France 2 Cinéma

Mandarin Cinéma

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Cast

Robert Duval

Jacques Gamblin

Marie-Jeanne Duval

Zabou Breitman

Fleur Duval, la fille benjamine

Déborah François

Raphaël

Marc-André Grondin

Albert, fils aîné

Pio Marmaï

Pierre, le père de Robert

Roger Dumas

Prune

Cécile Cassel

Éric, ami de Raphaël

Stanley Weber

Clara

Sarah Cohen-Hadria

Moïra

Camille De Pazzis

Sacha, le looser

Aymeric Cormerais

Mathias Moreau

Jean-Jacques Vanier

Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. He supports her; but the two have met only once. Jaime thinks Viridiana resembles his dead wife. Viridiana has secretly despised this man all her life and finds her worst fears proven when Jaime grows determined to seduce his pure niece. Viridiana becomes undone as her uncle upends the plans she had made to join the convent.

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