Le Garcu (1995)
Directed by Maurice Pialat
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Psychological Drama |
Run Time - 107 min. |
Countries - France |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
In this French drama, a selfish father disrupts the life of his four-year-old son to make himself feel better. The boy, Antoine, is the result of the much-older Gerard's union with young Sophie. Soon after conception, the relationship withers and she goes on to live with Jeannot, who helps raise her child. Meanwhile Gerard finds a new lover and also continues having a mistress on the side.
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bourgeois, dysfunctional, pharmaceutical-industry, self-deception, upper-class, wealth, mistress