My Mother's Men

2023 [FRENCH]

Drama

1
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 95%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 95%
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 283 283

ex husband death of mother ashes

Plot summary

Young Elsie is shocked to learn that her eccentric mother wanted her ashes to be scattered among her five ex-husbands. Elsie is adamant about carrying out her mother's wishes, but the trip fundamentally alters her course.

Director

Anik Jean Photo
Anik Jean

Top cast

Léane Labrèche-Dor Photo
Léane Labrèche-Dor as Elsie
Anne-Marie Cadieux Photo
Anne-Marie Cadieux as Anne
Patrick Huard Photo
Patrick Huard as Paul
Colm Feore Photo
Colm Feore as Neal
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.13 GB
1280*536
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles fr  
23.976 fps
2 hr 5 min
Seeds 8
2.32 GB
1920*804
French 5.1
NR
Subtitles fr  
23.976 fps
2 hr 5 min
Seeds 16

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by smacpherson-59871 9 / 10

Adore this film!

Reviewed by michael-335-141594 9 / 10

There was not a dry eye in the theater...

The acting runs from very good to brilliant. The description of the story line was off putting for me but as we had festival tickets we were committed to seeing it. This is really the story of Elsie, a grown child of a flamboyant mother whose last wish, as she was dying of cancer, was that her daughter should seek out each of her five previous husbands and give them a fifth of her ashes to scatter. The personalities of her previous partners are all very different. Through her interactions with each of them, who she hasn't seen for years, Elsie comes to terms with her relationship with her mother and herself. It is such an emotional rendering / surrendering, Elsie's flaws and difficulties are accepted and embraced. This is a heartfelt telling of a difficult story. It is sensitive, beautiful and ultimately uplifting. The film is in French and we saw it with subtitles. Absolutely superb!
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