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1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
A former schoolteacher in rural France, Suzette has always had a fraught relationship with her son, Jean-Yves. Michel Gondry, the director and nephew, appears as interviewer and sometimes moderator throughout the film, uses his camera to explore the rich and often difficult family history in a subtle, sensitive, and humorous way. Featuring new interviews, archival Super-8 home movies, animations, and moving score.
Oscilloscope Laboratories & Partizan Films present a film by Michel Gondry ; produced by Georges Bermann.
Originally released in 2009 by Partizan Films under the French title: L'épine dans le coeur.
Special features: A brief history of the Harkis; Techno Suzette; Calendars doodled: one year of drawings by youngsters; Stop motion animation by Gondry collaborator Valerie Pirson; Charlotte Gainsbourg's "Little monsters"; post-screening Q & A with Gondry at SXSW premiere; In conversation: a special event with Michel Gondry at SXSW Film Festival.
Suzette Gondry, Jean-Yves Gondry, Michel Gondry, Sasha Allard.
DVD, NTSC, region 0, widescreen; Dolby 5.1 surround & stereo.
Director of photography, Jean-Louis Bompoint ; film editor, Marie-Charlotte Moreau.
Festival de Cannes, Sélection officielle.