Barrage

Barrage

112 mins | Drama | July 19, 2017

After ten years abroad, Catherine returns to Luxembourg, to catch up with her daughter Alba, brought up by Catherine’s mother Elisabeth. Alba is cold and distant with this stranger showing up unexpectedly in her life, so is Elisabeth, keen to keep her protégée to herself. One day, Catherine cannot take it anymore. She kidnaps Alba and takes her on a trip to a lake up North. Begins an unsettling journey into the puzzling world of motherly love, only to find out that sometimes the true opponent is yourself.

Barrage

112 mins | Drama | July 19, 2017

Barrage
After ten years abroad, Catherine returns to Luxembourg, to catch up with her daughter Alba, brought up by Catherine’s mother Elisabeth. Alba is cold and distant with this stranger showing up unexpectedly in her life, so is Elisabeth, keen to keep her protégée to herself. One day, Catherine cannot take it anymore. She kidnaps Alba and takes her on a trip to a lake up North. Begins an unsettling journey into the puzzling world of motherly love, only to find out that sometimes the true opponent is yourself.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers MACT Productions, Entre Chien et Loup, Film Fund Luxembourg, BNP Paribas Fortis Film Fund, Red Lion, La Wallonie, Proximus
Original title Barrage
Directors Laura Schroeder
Writers Marie Nimier, Laura Schroeder

Cast

Lolita Chammah

as Catherine

Themis Pauwels

as Alba

Isabelle Huppert

as Elisabeth

Elsa Houben

as Agathe

Luc Schiltz

as Pol

Marja-Leena Junker

as Babette

Charles Müller

as Robert