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My Favorite Season

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93% Tomatometer 15 Reviews 80% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
When her health begins to fail, Berthe (Marthe Villalonga), an aging widow, is forced to live with her successful but emotionally distant daughter, Emilie (Catherine Deneuve). In an attempt to mend her family, Emilie invites her estranged brother Antoine (Daniel Auteuil), a troubled neurosurgeon, to her house for Christmas. But when an argument between Antoine and Emilie's husband, Bruno (Jean-Pierre Bouvier), erupts at the dinner table, the family's troubled past rises to the surface.

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Richard Brody The New Yorker May 1, 2025
These are richly imagined characters rather than assemblages of traits correlating with plot as if in a showrunner’s bible. Go to Full Review
Melissa Anderson 4Columns Apr 24, 2020
My Favorite Season-Deneuve's third film with director André Téchiné, and which he cowrote expressly for her-gives the actress one of the richest, most equitable relationships she's ever shared with a male co-lead. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 2000
3/4
One of those intriguing films that functions without a plot, and uses instead an intense curiosity about its characters. Go to Full Review
Felix Gonzalez Jr. DVD Review Aug 18, 2008
The film captures the joys and pains of real family life, never romanticizing them, and always presenting them with great perception and truthfulness. Go to Full Review
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Feb 15, 2008
4/5
Yum. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jul 7, 2005
3/5
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Cast & Crew

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André Téchiné

Director

Catherine Deneuve

Emilie

Daniel Auteuil

Antoine

Marthe Villalonga

Berthe

Jean-Pierre Bouvier

Bruno

Chiara Mastroianni

Anne

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My Favorite Season

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Movie Info

Synopsis When her health begins to fail, Berthe (Marthe Villalonga), an aging widow, is forced to live with her successful but emotionally distant daughter, Emilie (Catherine Deneuve). In an attempt to mend her family, Emilie invites her estranged brother Antoine (Daniel Auteuil), a troubled neurosurgeon, to her house for Christmas. But when an argument between Antoine and Emilie's husband, Bruno (Jean-Pierre Bouvier), erupts at the dinner table, the family's troubled past rises to the surface.
Director
André Téchiné
Producer
Alain Sarde
Screenwriter
Pascal Bonitzer, André Téchiné
Production Co
Les Films Alain Sarde, TF1 Films Productions
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 19, 1993, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 3, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$25.3K
Runtime
2h 5m
Sound Mix
Surround
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