Michele Magny Movies

Simone Dubuc (Nadine Nadeau) lives in Quebec with her husband Pierre (Pierre Curzi) and two children. Each year, her mother (Michele Magny) comes for her regular visit, and each year, Simone gives her mother a bunch of wild flowers and they fruitlessly try to talk to each other in a normal, human way. The family takes some trips together -- to the seashore, to a farm -- and throughout their excursions the mother and daughter never really share their true thoughts, opting for their usual formal exchanges -- in fact, the mother is adept at making her daughter squirm if she tries to be too informal. Resolution seems a long way off, but then, there is always next year... ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

Robert (Arthur Hill) is a successful family man who attends an insurance convention in the U.S. Leaving behind his wife Barbara (Sharon Acker) and two sons ages 19 and 13, he has an affair with an American girl. His wife suspects something is wrong when he returns. The youngest son skips school and the oldest son gets involved with a female rock singer and participates in campus demonstrations. Robert slowly grows more distant from his family and is plagued by having never taken a stand on anything political or controversial. After seeing some disturbing pictures of Vietnam, student riots, and the Warsaw Ghetto, Robert begins to lose his mind in this drama of the good life that goes from bad to worse to insanity. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi