La mère Christain

In industrial Lyon of the early '50s, a widowed bar-owner listens to radio crime serials, reads detective magazines, and grieves for her daughter, killed two years earlier in a mineshaft accident. Consumed by her loss and unwilling to face the truth, the bar-owner becomes suspicious of the grim patrons in her drab tavern, seeking someone to blame as she contemplates revenge.

Myriam Boyer

'La mère Christain'

Bruno Boëglin

'Le Riri'

Maryline Even

'La Margot'

Clovis Cornillac

'Le Ziquet'

Lorraine Bouchet

Gigi

Philippe Vincent

Monsieur Jean

Gérard Mignot

Mignot

Michel Meyrieux

The bargeman

• Myriam BoyerDirector · Screenplay · Producer
• Dominique ChapuisDirector of Photography
• Claudine MerlinEditor

Release date

December 9, 1998

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Drama, Comedy