Helma Sanders-Brahms (Germany, Pale Mother) wrote and directed this gripping family drama that focuses on three generations of women. Brigitte Fossey (Cinema Paradiso) is Isabelle, a successful film actress whose young daughter, Emily, is frequently cared for by Isabelle's parents (Hildegarde Knef and Ivan Desny) in Normandy while she's away working. After a production ends in Berlin, Isabelle returns to visit her daughter, but the rejoicing is short-lived. Her smitten costar (Herman Treusch) follows, and his presence sets off an intense clash between the self-centered thespian and her mother. With sensitivity imagination control and razor-sharp insight Sanders-Brahms has delivered a multi-layered essay on life art parenthood and the patterns of generations...a powerful if more loving cousin to" Berman's Autumn Sonata (The Faber Companion to Foreign Films). Cinematography by Sacha Vierny. In German with English subtitles. Helma Sanders-Brahms---West Germany/France---1985---108 mins."Directed by: Sanders-Brahms, HelmaRunning time: 108Year: 1985German with English Subtitles
