His Mother's Eyes

Mar 23, 2011

1h 44m

★ 5.4

Overview

A writer suffering from a lack of inspiration sneaks his way into the lives of a star television journalist and his lead ballerina daughter to write, unbeknownst to them, a non-authorized biography. Meanwhile, in Brittany, twenty-year-old Bruno, who lives with his parents, doesn't yet know the consequences that this story will have on his existence...

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

La Petite Reine

Tarantula

France 2 Cinéma

LGM Cinéma

His Mother's Eyes Trailers

Cast

Lena Weber

Catherine Deneuve

Maria Canalès

Géraldine Pailhas

Mathieu Roussel

Nicolas Duvauchelle

Maylis Tremazan

Marina Foïs

Jean-Paul Tremazan

Jean-Marc Barr

Judit Canalès

Marisa Paredes

Bruno Tremazan

Jean-Baptiste Lafarge

Mélodie Khan

Hélène Fillières

Antoine

Gilles Cohen

Sylvie / Editor

Karole Rocher

Mathieu's Father

Fred Ulysse

Sylvain

Sylvain Groud

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