My Mother's Castle

Starring:Philippe CaubÃ¨re, Nathalie Roussel, Didier Pain, ThÃ©rÃ¨se Liotard, Julien Ciamaca, Victorien Delamare, Joris Molinas, Julie Timmerman, Paul Crauchet, Philippe Uchan, Patrick PrÃ©jean, Pierre Maguelon, Michel Modo, Jean Carmet, Jean Rochefort, Georges Wilson, Jean-Pierre Darras, Josy Andrieu, AndrÃ© Chaumeau, Raoul Curet
Director: Yves Robert
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Product Type: DVD

Amazon.com

The second part of Yves Robert's filming of Marcel Pagnol's childhood memoirs completes the narrative so casually begun in My Father's Glory--and fulfills a radiant journey we hadn't even realized we'd embarked on. Marcel is approaching his teens and acquiring a more coherent sense of the world. Accordingly, My Mother's Castle boasts a more concentrated style and unspools its story over (mostly) the space of one year, as opposed to a dozen. Whereas in the first film Robert had worked entirely with little-known players who simply became Marcel's family, here he calls upon screen veterans Jean Rochefort, Jean Carmet, and Georges Wilson to flesh out sharply ironical figures who loom challengingly on the young man's horizon. Consistent with Pagnol's emphasis on Provençal locations, the focal event of the film becomes the weekly walk the Marseilles-based family makes from the trolley station to their remote country cottage--a quintessentially mundane ritual that comes to be fraught with wonder, delight, and terror. It all leads to a payoff that opens the meaning of the title only as the film is reaching its transcendent conclusion. --Richard T. Jameson

Customer Reviews:

Loved it.......2007-05-24

A very unusual story full of warmth and humor and character growth and beautiful images of the Provence countryside. The sudden sadness of the ending is softened by the best performance ever by an actor shot only from the back. Very innovative, very touching, hauntingly lovely.

Time magazine described as "rapture" - which it very much is -.......2007-04-23

lovely, touching, charming - portraying the (realistically) idyllic and simple childhood we all wish we had - in a beautiful, beautiful setting. the luxury is in the ordinary and the everyday - a slow way of living and being together with others, gathered around a table. this film is uplifting and healing and comforting to watch. "It's A Wonderful Life" - a wonderful life that is within the reach of all of us. it IS preferable to see this AFTER seeing My Father's Glory. Every young family would love to watch this together -

A movie that should be in everyone's library........2007-02-12

I never tire of seeing this movie. This is a movie that I see again and again
every few years. I always see it back to back with My Father's Glory.

Frankly, the best thing about the French are their classic FAMILY movies.

My Mother's Castle: a review.......2005-10-18

For anyone who knows the intoxicating atmosphere of Provence in France, but does not have the privilege of living there, this film is a delightful escape to that brilliant landscape set at the end of a gentler and more decorous age, already tainted by the horrors of the twentieth century. A must-see if,like me, you wish to escape the horrors of twenty-first century cinema.

The Epitomy of Beauty.......2005-10-16

This movie was wonderful! Although I recommend getting the first movie, Le Gloir de mon pere, it is still great by itself. The overall work, scenery, acting, everything was wonderful! The storyline was fantastic although a bit tragic.

Le chateau de ma mere / La gloire de mon pere (Original French ONLY Version- No English Options)

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Le chateau de ma mere / La gloire de mon pere (Original French ONLY Version- No English Options)

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ASIN: B0009WJ7YE

Product Description

- LE CHÂTEAU DE MA MÈRE (98 MINUTES) - LA GLOIRE DE MON PÈRE (110 MINUTES)

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My Mother's Castle [Region 2]
Starring: Philippe Caubère , Nathalie Roussel , Didier Pain , Thérèse Liotard , and Julien Ciamaca
Director: Yves Robert
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00004VYB5

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