Ma Mère

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Ma Mère

NC-17,

2004,

1h 51m,

Drama

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17%

42 Reviews

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48%

2,500+ Ratings

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48%

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2,500+ Ratings

An impulsive widow and her 17-year-old son become increasingly attracted to each other at their summer house.

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Critics Consensus

Pretentious, overly perverse and dull.

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Jessica Reaves

Chicago Tribune

Aug 18, 2005

1.5/4

A self-satisfied, utterly hollow Bacchanal.

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

Jul 29, 2005

1/4

110 minutes of Euro silliness mitigated only by the presence of Huppert and the striking ability of the actors to keep a straight face throughout this mess.

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Ty Burr

Boston Globe

Jul 8, 2005

2.5/4

Probably isn't for anyone not interested in the darkest corners of the human psyche, where sexual annihilation is the only response to a fallen world, where all moral bets are off, and where a boy's worst friend is his mother.

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Gary M. Kramer

Out Magazine

May 16, 2022

Fascinating and erotic -- if also difficult and disturbing -- Christophe Honoré's ambitious adaptation of Georges Bataille's novel prevails because of the frank treatment of its serious subject matter.

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Tom Dawson

The List

Apr 24, 2019

4/5

The cast deliver brave, accomplished performances, with Huppert's Héléne a compelling mixture of menace and fragility.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

May 11, 2008

C-

Eurotrash at its trashiest worst.

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Ron R

Feb 14, 2019

I get the feeling many people rated this highly to be able to act like they just are smarter and others just wouldnt understand. No. It is not an honest look at incest at all. The romanticized vision of incest does not help. The actors tried but the material was not good enough. It was as if the thought was lets do a movie about a taboo subject and threw a dart at the wall. This is not a provactive look at a subject. It is simply using a taboo subject to draw in an audience and then hope "enlightened" people will like it.

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Christophe Honoré

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Isabelle Huppert

Hélène, the mother

Louis Garrel

Pierre, the son

Joana Preiss

Réa

Jean-Baptiste Montagut

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Synopsis

An impulsive widow and her 17-year-old son become increasingly attracted to each other at their summer house.

Director: Christophe Honoré
Producer: Paulo Branco, Bernard-Henri Lévy
Screenwriter: Christophe Honoré
Distributor: TLA Releasing
Production Co: Gémini Films, Madragoa Filmes
Rating: NC-17 (Violent Images|Some Language|Aberrant Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters): May 13, 2004, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Jan 24, 2025
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 13, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $70.4K
Runtime: 1h 51m

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