Forty-eight-year-old Alain Evrard is obliged to return home to live with his mother. This situation causes all the violence of their past relationship to rise to the surface. Alain then discovers that his mother has a fatal illness. In the last months of her life, will they finally be capable of taking a step toward each other?
Vincent Lindon
Alain
Hélène Vincent
Yvette
Emmanuelle Seigner
Clémence
Olivier Perrier
Monsieur Lalouette
Sylvie Jobert
L'employée de Pôle Emploi
Ludovic Berthillot
Bruno
Silvia Kahn
Le docteur Mathieu - la cancérologue
Jean-Luc Borgeat
Le responsable de l'association Mourir dans la Dignité
Véronique Montel
Madame Godard, l'accompagnante de l'association Mourir dans la Dignité
Abdoulaye Dramé
Un agent du centre de tri de déchets recyclables
A Few Hours of Spring is a drama film released in 2012 exploring themes of suicide, mother, disease, family. Directed by Stéphane Brizé, it stars Vincent Lindon, Hélène Vincent, Emmanuelle Seigner. Forty-eight-year-old Alain Evrard is obliged to return home to live with his mother. This situation causes all the violence of their past relationship to rise to the surface. Alain then discovers that his mother has a fatal illness. In the last months of her life, will they finally be capable of taking a step toward each other?
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