Adieu Berthe

C'est le plus beau, le plus émouvant, le plus enlevé, le plus intelligent, le plus grave et fantasque des films de Bruno Podalydès.
-Jacques Mandelbaum, Le Monde
Après un "Bancs publics" décevant, Bruno Podalydès revient aux affaires avec cet "Adieu Berthe" d'une grâce absolue.
-David Nathanson, Les Fiches du Cinéma
Une fois de plus, la maison Podalydès and Co a mis au point un moteur à explosion feutrée, fonctionnant au mélange d'humour et de mélancolie douce, comme il y a une folie douce. Remarquablement dialogué, le film foisonne d'idées.
-Pierre Vavasseur, Le Parisien

Synopsis

In the midst of a full-blown midlife crisis, Armand navigates haphazardly between his job as a chemist and his passion for magic. Where matters of the heart are concerned, he's torn between his wife Hélène and his mistress, Alix. And as for family life, what with an interfering mother-in-law, the kids with whom he can no longer communicate and Alix's daughter, whose birthday is quickly approaching, Armand doesn't know which way to turn… And then his grandmother Berthe dies, and he's landed with the extra task of arranging the funeral. It's too much for Armand, who finds himself forced to confront a profound existential question: do we burn Granny, or bury her?

Theatrical Release Date

Original Languages: French
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Running Time: 100 min.
Year: 2012

CREDITS

CAST
Denis Podalydès
Valérie Lemercier
Samir Guesmi
Isabelle Candelier
Catherine Hiegel
DIRECTED BY
Bruno Podalydès

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PHOTOS

Left to right: Armand (Denis Podalydès) and Alix (Valérie Lemercier)
Yvon Grinda (Bruno Podalydès)
Hélène (Isabelle Candelier)
Left to right: Alix (Valérie Lemercier) and Armand (Denis Podalydès)
Armand (Denis Podalydès)
Left to right: Valérie Lermercier, Denis Podalydès and Bruno Podalydès
Left to right: Armand (Denis Podalydès) and Rovier Boubet (Michel Vuillermoz)
Yvon Grinda (Bruno Podalydès)
Left to right: Alix (Valérie Lemercier) and Armand (Denis Podalydès)
Left to right: Armand (Denis Podalydès) and Hélène (Isabelle Candelier)
Armand (Denis Podalydès)
Left to right: Armand (Denis Podalydès) and Yvon Grinda (Bruno Podalydès)
Left to right: the nurse (Emeline Bayart), Alix (Valérie Lemercier) and Armand (Denis Podalydès)
Left to right: Armand's father (Pierre Arditi) and Yvon Grinda (Bruno Podalydès)
Left to right: Hélène (Isabelle Candelier), Armand (Denis Podalydès) and Alix (Valérie Lemercier)
Left to right: Hélène (Isabelle Candelier) and Armand (Denis Podalydès)
Left to right: Armand (Denis Podalydès), Yvon Grinda (Bruno Podalydès) and Haroun (Samir Guesmi)
Left to right: Alix (Valérie Lemercier) and Armand (Denis Podalydès)
Left to right: Armand (Denis Podalydès) and Alix (Valérie Lemercier)
Left to right: Armand (Denis Podalydès) and Yvon Grinda (Bruno Podalydès)
Armand (Denis Podalydès)
Armand (Denis Podalydès)
Left to right: Alix (Valérie Lemercier), Armand (Denis Podalydès) and the mourner (Noémie Lvovsky)
Left to right: Valérie Lemercier, Denis Podalydès, Noémie Lvovsky and Bruno Podalydès
Left to right: Alix (Valérie Lemercier) and Armand (Denis Podalydès)
Armand (Denis Podalydès)
Left to right: Armand (Denis Podalydès) and Alix (Valérie Lemercier)
Left to right: Armand (Denis Podalydès), Alix (Valérie Lemercier), Haroun (Samir Guesmi) and Yvon Grinda (Bruno Podalydès)