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FRANCE · 1996

Family Resemblances

Cédric Klapisch
family dynamics intergenerational conflict class and social status memory and nostalgia hidden resentments
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Synopsis

An upper middle-class French family celebrates a birthday in a restaurant. In one evening and during one meal, family history, tensions, collective and separate grudges, delights, and memories both clash and coalesce.

Year1996
CountryFrance
DirectorCédric Klapisch
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