MARK of an ANGLE (L'EMPREINTE DE LANGE) French
The Story:
In a hospital Elsa Valentin (Catherine Frot) gives birth to a daughter, but the baby reportedly dies in a fire. Seven years later she is divorcing her husband Antoine (Antoine Chappey), and they fight over who gets custody over their 12-year-old son Thomas (Arthur Vaughan-Whitehead).
One day, at a children’s birthday party, she notices a little 6-year-old girl Lola (Héloïse Cunin). Immediately, she is convinced that Lola is the daughter she lost during a fire on the maternity ward. Obsessed by this uncontrollable feeling, she manipulatively inches her way into Lola’s life. Claire (Sandrine Bonnaire), Lola’s mother, allows a friendship to develop. Yet, gradually she becomes aware and fearful of Elsa’s unnatural behaviour to the point of insisting that she stop intruding in their lives. Elsa, seemingly crazy, challenges Claire by asking for DNA tests. The rivalry between the two mothers begins. An intense psychological face-off between two women who should never have met…
Starring:
Catherine Frot, Sandrine Bonnaire, Wladimir Yordanoff, Antoine Chappey, Michel Aumont, Sophie Quinton, Michele Moretti, Helois Cunn, Arthur Vaughan Whitehead, Zacharie Chasseriaud
Directed By:
Safy Nebbou
Release:
2008
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