MY MOTHER’S MOWER

  • Carole Martin-Guenot
  • Short film
  • 2004
  • 19 min

It’s a love story.A mother, a father, their daughter.The mother is a wirdo, the father
gently accomplice, the daughter annoyed. It’s a simulation story.The mother is hunted by the fear of the time passing by and the necessity to prepare well that last moment. Despite her light and joyful caracter, she exerts herself to
stage their own death, as a chosen and well ordered moment.The diplomatic and incredibly patient father goes along in that « game » as a faithful companion.The daughter, for her part, is more irritated by these eternal repetitions that she doesn’t understand. She will however lend herself diligently in that game.The death of one of her close relation’s father is going to open her eyes, and her own morbid curiosity will transform her point of view : what she thought was an obsession with her mother, becomes a courageous act.

Production
  • Agat Films
  • Robert Guédiguian
Distribution AGAT Films & Cie
International seller AGAT Films & Cie