My Favorite Season

1993 2h 7m FR

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6.2

MID

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93%

CERTIFIED FRESH

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6.9

IMDB

★6.2TMDB · 55🍅93%Rotten Tomatoes★6.9IMDB · 2,374

Drama

Synopsis

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Elderly woman Berthe leaves her house to live with her daughter Emilie. Emilie and her brother Antoine had a falling out three years ago and have not seen each other since, but Emilie invites him for Christmas. Memories will resurface and impact both Berthe's destiny and the strange relationship between Emilie and Antoine.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Daniel Auteuil
Antoine
Marthe Villalonga
Berthe
Catherine Deneuve
Emilie
Jean-Pierre Bouvier
Bruno
Chiara Mastroianni
Anne
Carmen Chaplin
Khadija
Anthony Prada
Lucien
Michèle Moretti
la directrice

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: André Téchiné
Writers: Pascal Bonitzer, André Téchiné
Languages: French
Countries: France

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ERA

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33 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by André Téchiné, shot by Thierry Arbogast. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Philippe Sarde. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Martine Giordano shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

RUNTIME

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Daniel Auteuil and Marthe Villalonga and Catherine Deneuve carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0107471 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 55 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

André Téchiné directs. Thierry Arbogast behind the camera. Philippe Sarde scores. Martine Giordano cuts. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

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Things worth knowing

133 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by André Téchiné, shot by Thierry Arbogast. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Philippe Sarde. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Martine Giordano shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Daniel Auteuil and Marthe Villalonga and Catherine Deneuve carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0107471 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 55 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.