How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause | |
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Runtime: | 99 minutes |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | French |
How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause (fr|Comment ma mère accoucha de moi durant sa ménopause) is a film by directed by Sébastien Rose, released in 2003. The film won that year's Claude Jutra Award for the best Canadian feature film by a first-time director.[1]
The film's cast includes Micheline Lanctôt, Paul Ahmarani, Lucie Laurier, Sylvie Moreau, Patrick Huard and Anne-Marie Cadieux.
How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Her Menopause is about Jean-Charles (Paul Ahmarani), a 30-year-old working on his thesis about men's role in a post-feminist world, who lives with his domineering mother (Micheline Lanctôt) and sister (Sylvie Moreau), both of whom are sleeping with the gardener (Patrick Huard). To further complicate matters, Jean-Charles is having an affair with his shrink (Anne-Marie Cadieux) who reports back to his mother.