Emilie attempts to understand the mystery of her universe: her mother Meaud. Magical grandmother, broken child, punk mother, spontaneous feminist, she fascinates as much as she disrupts.
How do you give your children the love that you were denied yourself?
How do you nurture your inner child when having gone through childhood trauma?
Jump into an intimate odyssey, an intergalactic journey into our own common psyche.
How do you give your children the love that you were denied yourself?
How do you nurture your inner child when having gone through childhood trauma?
Jump into an intimate odyssey, an intergalactic journey into our own common psyche.
Director
After studying Applied Arts and working as a designer, Emilie Brisavoine drew pictures of the world, women and dogs. She then appeared in Justine Triet’s first feature AGE OF PANIC (LA BATAILLE DE SOFERINO). OH LALA PAULINE (PAULINE S’ARRACHE) is her first feature film, a documentary about her family presented at Cannes ACID.
KEEPING MUM (MAMAN DECHIRE) is her second feature.
KEEPING MUM (MAMAN DECHIRE) is her second feature.
Cast & crew
EDITOR
Karen Benaïnous (Makala)
PRODUCER
Bathysphere Productions (Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle, Makala, Treasure Island)
Festivals and awards
- KARLOVY VARY 2023 - PROXIMA COMPETITION
- ENTREVUES BELFORT - WINNER AUDIENCE AWARD
- FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM INDEPENDANT DE BORDEAUX 2023
"An emotional odyssey of motherhood"
“Émilie Brisavoine delivers an original, fascinating, moving, and superbly high-quality documentary.”
“Director Émilie Brisavoine goes from fear to maternity in this emotionally raw but generally compelling documentary about the mother who abandoned her in childhood.”
