Cycles
In this accomplished debut feature, Cyril Gelblat weaves together the lives of three different generations of a French-Jewish family, each contending with family relationships at a critical juncture in their lives.
Judith (a touching performance by Miou-Miou) is a divorced housewife entering middle age, and feels that she is losing both her mother, a Holocaust survivor whose memory is fading, and her son, who is fleeing the nest. Judith's brother Simon (Charles Berling) is a successful political pundit, but his mother's increasing confusion and his daughter's budding sexuality escape his grasp.
Through deft glimpses of lives that feel very real,
Cycles explores how cultural heritage is transmitted, but also shifts and changes. This exceptional dramatic comedy about life's passages and family dynamics over time is set in Paris and features an all-star cast.
