Release, runtime and language

1991 · 119 mins · French

Directed by

Jean-Loup Hubert

Starring

Catherine Deneuve, Richard Bohringer, Isabelle Carré, Bernard Giraudeau, Laure Moutoussamy, Jean Carmet

In 1960, in a coastal town near Nantes, Jean Ripoche runs a plumbing business and builds a carnival float while living with his wife Liliane, their four children and Liliane’s father Lucien. Their ordered life is shaken when Jean’s former friend Yvon Legualoudec returns with his Black wife Annabelle and their three children. Yvon, who vanished twenty years earlier after rivaling Jean for Liliane’s affection, revives old tensions, straining the trio’s relationships.