Les Mots pour le dire
1983, English. Directed by José Pinheiro.
A psychological drama that details the tormented relationship between Marie and her mother, stemming from Marie's childhood on their estate in Algeria. The mother, Eliane had lost a child before Marie was born and was consumed with hatred for her husband who was carrying tuberculosis and may have been the cause of the child's death. That hatred was never resolved, and Marie grew up in a bitter and strained household. As both women grow older, Marie marries and raises a family while her mother sinks ever deeper into anger, frustration, poverty, and isolated despair. She vents her destructive emotions on her daughter and is completely resistant to her daughter's attempts to help her, to make her life better.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- José PinheiroDirector
- Nicole GarciaMarie Saint-Jean
- Marie-Christine BarraultEliane Saint-Jean
- Daniel MesguichPsychoanalyst
- Claude RichGuillaume Talbiac
- Jean-Luc BouttéFrançois
- Michèle BaumgartnerMichèle
- Jean-Louis FoulquierBertheas
- Robin RenucciMarie's father
- Céline Blanc-PotardJeanne
- Violaine GonceMarie, child
- Denise NoëlNurse
- Bernard MontagnerIntern
Details
- Released
- 12 October 1983
- Country
- France
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Les Mots pour le dire runs 92 minutes (1h 32m).
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Les Mots pour le dire isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 12 October 1983. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed Les Mots pour le dire?
Les Mots pour le dire (1983) was directed by José Pinheiro and stars Nicole Garcia, Marie-Christine Barrault, Daniel Mesguich.