Nord (1991)
Directed by Xavier Beauvois

Drama

Film Synopsis

This is the story of a perfectly ordinary, well-adjusted family living in the north of France - well, almost.  The father, a pharmacy dispense, is an habitual drunkard whose main hobby is brutalising his family.  His wife is addicted to sleeping tablets and wants nothing better than to run away and pursue an incestuous relationship with her son, Bernard.  The latter has no time for school and spends his days with a fisherman on the high seas.  Oh, and there is also a mentally handicapped daughter...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Xavier Beauvois
  • Script: Xavier Beauvois
  • Cinematographer: Fabio Conversi
  • Music: Philippe Chatiliez
  • Cast: Xavier Beauvois (Bertrand), Bulle Ogier (La Mère), Bernard Verley (Ferrand), Agnès Evrard (La Fille), Jean Douchet (Le Pharmacien), Jean-René Gossart (Fredo), Jeanette Hereng (Grand-mère), Fernand Kindt (Grand-père), Mathieu Lindon (Le Professeur de philo), Christian Dewinter (Le Professeur de français), Gabrielle Chovaux (Le Censeur), Bernard Dubois (Le Surveillant), Radha Jaganathen (L'Infirmier), Bernard Nissile (Le Préparateur), Odile Hogengarten (La Préparatrice), Alexandre Evrad (L'Enfant), Danielle Noyon (Parent), Gérard Vielleroy (Parent), Eric Jolly (Le Patron de café), Maryse Le Mestique (L'Infirmière)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 88 min

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