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Mommy Is at the Hairdresser’s (Maman est chez le coiffeur)

German title: Maman ist kurz beim Friseur
Spain title: Mamá está en la peluquería
Greek title: Η μαμά πήγε κομμωτήριο
Russian title: Мама у парикмахера
Original title: Maman est chez le coiffeur

Alternative titles:
Mama ist beim Frisör | Mama ist beim Friseur | I mama pige kommotirio | Η μαμα πηγε κομμωτηριο

Family drama – Canada
Production year: 2007
Movie length: 98 minutes

Director: Léa Pool
Writer: Isabelle Hébert
Cinematograph: Daniel Jobin
Music: Laurent Eyquem

Movie description:

It’s summer 1966. Time to enjoy summer vacation, total freedom, running wild in the fields, and crazy giggles with friends. But as she becomes more aware of the dreams, sorrows and lies of the people closest to her, Élise sees her mother’s sudden abandonment thoroughly disrupt her family. While her brother Coco stubbornly seeks refuge in constructing a super car, the youngest, Benoît, plummets deep into his own internal world, retreating ever-further in the furnace room. As for her father, he is simply overwhelmed by the situation. Élise decides to take the helm of her drifting family in a poignant attempt to save them. With support from the living and breathing surrounding nature and the silent comfort Monsieur Mouche offers, Élise is on the.

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