Mother-in-law drops in unannounced. Breakfast gets weird. Three minutes of pure domestic chaos.
A woman is upset by the unexpected arrival of her mother-in-law during breakfast with her family.
Acting
Three performers pack a sitcom's worth of dynamics in 180 seconds.
Direction
Maxime Gilbert's timing turns awkward silence into weaponized comedy.
Director
Maxime Gilbert
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gilbert belongs to a wave of French micro-short filmmakers proving runtime is irrelevant to narrative satisfaction. This premiered at Clermont-Ferrand, the world's largest short film festival.
The 'belle-mère' tension is a beloved French comedy staple — this short distills decades of Molière and sitcom tradition into its purest form.
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