In the 1950s, Louise left her husband when their children were still little. She was never heard from again. Her daughter Martine stayed in the small seaside town, where she became a doctor. Martine's daughter, Audrey, a thirty-year-old independent woman, returns to visit her parents. By chance, she finds a notebook that belonged to her grandmother, a diary that may at last explain her departure. Will it reveal the things left unsaid, that have altered the relationships within the heart of the family ever since? In it, will Audrey find answers to the questions that she is asking herself about her own future?
Acting
Deneuve's restrained devastation—she speaks volumes in silence.
Cinematography
1950s flashbacks drenched in saturated longing.
Writing
The diary device actually works, no small miracle.
Director
Julie Lopes-Curval
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lopes-Curval spent years developing this; it was her second feature after 'Bord de Mer' and shares its coastal obsession.
The film quietly critiques 1950s French bourgeois marriage—Louise's escape was practically unheard-of on screen.
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