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Baptême (1989)

ALL 08/23/1989 (fr) Drama, Romance 127 Min
  • Release
    08/23/1989
  • Production
    Société Générale de Gestion Cinématographique (SGGC), RTBF, Man's Films, Les Films Alyne
  • Rotten tomato
    57.14%
  • Original title
    Baptême
  • Original language
    fr
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

In this film, director Rene Feret tells the story of his parents' lives. In 1935 his mother Aline works in her parents' cafe in a mining town in northern France. There, she meets a customer, Pierre and decides she is going to marry him. In a reversal of roles, she is the one who proposes to him, and she also engineers a false pregnancy to persuade her parents to okay the match. With a few stops along the way, the story picks up after the war with the birth of the couple's third son, who is given the name Rene in memory of their first, dead son. Never rich, they achieve some level of financial stability just as their sons are about to head off to the city for college. The love between the two older people is highlighted in a poignant scene as, just as he is about to die, the father shares a champagne toast with his wife in memory of one of their happier moments.

  1. René Féret

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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Casts

  1. Valérie Stroh

    Aline Dauchy-Gravey

  2. Jean-Yves Berteloot

    Pierre Gravey

  3. Jacques Bonnaffé

    André Gravey

  4. Pierre-Alain Chapuis

    Maurice, teacher

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 4 , Crews : 2

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Baptême (1989) 127 Min

ALL 08/23/1989 (fr)
Drama, Romance
  • Release 08/23/1989
  • Production
    Société Générale de Gestion Cinématographique (SGGC), RTBF, Man's Films, Les Films Alyne
  • Original title Baptême
  • fr
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

In this film, director Rene Feret tells the story of his parents' lives. In 1935 his mother Aline works in her parents' cafe in a mining town in northern France. There, she meets a customer, Pierre and decides she is going to marry him. In a reversal of roles, she is the one who proposes to him, and she also engineers a false pregnancy to persuade her parents to okay the match. With a few stops along the way, the story picks up after the war with the birth of the couple's third son, who is given the name Rene in memory of their first, dead son. Never rich, they achieve some level of financial stability just as their sons are about to head off to the city for college. The love between the two older people is highlighted in a poignant scene as, just as he is about to die, the father shares a champagne toast with his wife in memory of one of their happier moments.

  1. René Féret

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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