1983-05-11
130 mins
The Plot
In spring 1976, a 19-year-old beauty, her German-born mother, and her crippled father move to the town of a firefighter nicknamed Pin-Pon. Everyone notices the provocative Eliane. She singles out Pin-Pon and soon is crying on his shoulder (she's myopic and hates her reputation as a dunce and as easy); she moves in with him, knits baby clothes, and plans their wedding. Is this love or some kind of plot? She asks Pin-Pon's mother and aunt about the piano in the barn: who delivered it on a November night in 1955? Why does she want to know, and what does it have to do with her mother's sorrows, her father's injury, this quick marriage, and the last name on her birth certificate?
Cast and Crew
Isabelle Adjani
Eliane Wieck, aka 'Elle'
Alain Souchon
Fiorimonto Montecciari, aka 'Pin-Pon'
Suzanne Flon
Nine, aka 'Cognata'
Jenny Clève
Mrs. Montecciari, Pin-Pon's Mother
Maria Machado
Paula Wieck Devigne, aka 'Eva Braun', Eliane's mother
Evelyne Didi
Miss Dieu, aka 'Calamité', schoolmistress of Eliane
Jean Gaven
Leballech, boss of the sawmill
François Cluzet
Mickey, brother of Pin-Pon
Manuel Gélin
Boubou, brother of Pin-Pon
Roger Carel
Henri, aka 'Henri IV', owner of Pin-Pon
Michel Galabru
Gabriel Devigne, Eliane's father
Marie-Pierre Casey
Ms. Tussaud, nurse
Cécile Vassort
Josette,wife of Henri IV
Édith Scob
Doctor
Virginie Vignon
Lou Lou Lou
Martin Lamotte
Georges Massigne
Yves Afonso
Rostollan
Raymond Meunier
Mr. Brochard
Jacques Dynam
Ferraldo, boss of transport company
Jacques Nolot
Fiero
Patrice Melennec
Pamier
Daniel Langlet
Butler
Max Morel
Touret, libidinous guy
Cynthia Sidney
Ophthalmologist
Maïwenn
Eliane, child
Pierre Gallon
Renaud Bossert
Marie Garcin
Laurence Claverie