A Life Like Any Other

A Life Like Any Other

68 mins | Documentary | Oct. 20, 2022

Over many years, the director’s father filmed his family life almost obsessively. His daughter’s birth, his son’s first steps, and always Valérie, the young mother. An impressive fund of material which their now grown-up daughter Faustine appropriates to tell quite a different story: that of a woman who sees her role as a mother and its demands take away her freedom step by step.

A Life Like Any Other

68 mins | Documentary | Oct. 20, 2022

A Life Like Any Other
Over many years, the director’s father filmed his family life almost obsessively. His daughter’s birth, his son’s first steps, and always Valérie, the young mother. An impressive fund of material which their now grown-up daughter Faustine appropriates to tell quite a different story: that of a woman who sees her role as a mother and its demands take away her freedom step by step.
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Original title Une vie comme une autre
Directors Faustine Cros
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