Mammy has a grandson she adores even though he is a good for nothing. One day Maurice disappears and Mammy becomes blind. When Maurice finally announces his return the fond old lady is overjoyed. Unfortunately, Maurice's plane crashes and catches fire. The young man is reported missing, presumably dead. Pierre, Mammy's husband, can't bring himself to announce such a shocking news. Desperate, he finds no other solution than subterfuge : he will ask a young couple to pass themselves off as Maurice and his girlfriend.
Acting
Gaby Morlay's blind grandma deserves an Oscar for suffering.
Direction
Jean Stelli commits to every unhinged plot twist.
Director
Jean Stelli
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Gaby Morlay's final major role; she'd been a French cinema icon since the 1910s.
The title 'Mammy' reflects 1950s French sentimentalism, not the American racial context — though modern viewers flinch hard.
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