Jamie passion and passionfruit!

This relatively small Belgian film is actually more powerful than it seems at first sight.  It tells the story of a divorced mother who has spent the last few years bringing up her now adult twin sons.  Adult, but adolescent in their behaviour.  The absent father comes by from time to time showering money on them and insults on her.  Pascale is played by Isabelle Huppert in her typical fashion.  She manages to convey the contradictions of a mother who still loves her boys but has lost authority over them and as a woman who thanks to a new relationship with her neighbour, is starting to discover that she can have her own life too.  Trouble is when she begins to take action, her family resists her new role and her son Thierry, in particular, starts putting her down terribly.  After a slow start, the film begins to quicken in tension and reaches a potentially fatal climax.  Jeremie Regnier confirms his talents as an actor and his brother Yannick also does a good job in his first major film.  This is by no means a great work of art but it is a decent authentic film that bodes well for the director, Joachim Lafosse’s career.

¶¶¶ +