Directed by:
Emmanuelle AntilleScreenplay:
Emmanuelle AntilleCinematography:
Stéphane KuthyCast:
Hanna Schygulla, Nina Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Gos, Miou-Miou, Baptiste Coustenoble, Monique Mélinand, Christophe Dimitri RéveillePlots(1)
What does ‘normal’ actually mean? And what is ‘crazy’? Everybody attempts to convince Léa that her mother, Suzanne, is mentally ill. Her father wants to see her returned to the psychiatric clinic, but Léa refuses to see her mother in the same light: Suzanne is happy – even if she doesn’t act like others expect her to. She appears to live a joyfully infantile existence after calmly letting go of life’s pressures. Léa captures her mother’s life on film and focuses her attention on examining the old super-8 films from the family archives. When she is left to drive her mother back to the clinic after a weekend at home, Léa grabs her opportunity: She turns the car around and whisks Suzanne off on a journey; a road trip without the judgements of others. Avanti follows a mother-daughter relationship with an ease and depth that highlights the complexity of the emotional ties within a family. (Zurich Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Hanna Schygulla
German Empire
Best movies:
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Hunting Scenes from Bavaria (1969)
Nina Meurisse
France
Best movies:
Petite maman (2021)
I Am a Soldier (2015)
Vincent (2014)
Jean-Pierre Gos
Best movies:
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010)
Anna's Time (2016) (TV movie)
Série noire (1984) (series)
Miou-Miou
France
Best movies:
Milou in May (1990)
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
Baptiste Coustenoble
Best movies:
Anna's Time (2016) (TV movie)
Pause (2014)
Love Is the Perfect Crime (2013)
Monique Mélinand
France
Best movies:
Mourir d'aimer (1971)
Three Murderesses (1959)
The Mouth Agape (1974)
Christophe Dimitri Réveille
Best movies:
The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan (2023)
Black as the Snow (2021) (TV movie)
Eva & Leon (2015)