A FEW HOURS OF SPRING

by Stéphane Brizé (France, 2012, 1h48)

starring Vincent Lindon, Hélène Vincent, Emmanuelle Seigner

At 48, Alain Evrard is released from prison. He is forced to go back to living with his mother, while he becomes reintegrated. It is a forced cohabitation that brings all the violence of their past relationship back to the surface. He then discovers that she has a terminal illness. In her last months of life, can they both take a step towards reconciliation?