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Auntie Danielle (1990) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1990 · 111 mins · French
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- Directed by
- Étienne Chatiliez
- Starring
- Karin Viard, Isabelle Nanty, André Wilms, Catherine Jacob, Patrick Bouchitey, Evelyne Didi
A black comedy about a spiteful widow who moves in with her great‑nephew and his vain wife, intent on ruining their lives. Tsilla Chelton plays the aunt, grieving her husband and tormenting everyone. When the couple flees to Greece, she is left with bitter au‑pair Sandrine (Isabelle Nanty). Their rivalry turns to friendship, but after Sandrine leaves for a beach night, the aunt, enraged, fires her, falls into depression and sets the flat ablaze, sparking a national scandal that paints her as a helpless old lady and the family as heartless villains.
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