Maddened by His Absence
J'enrage de son absence
Release: 2012-10-31
·Runtime: 98m
·★ 5.9
Drama
After ten years, Jacques comes back to France to handle his father’s succession. He had left France to live in the USA to escape a painful past he shared with Mado, his former wife, who in the meantime built a new life with Stéphane and their 7 year old son, Paul. Upon his return, Jacques and Mado meet again; he asks to meet her son Paul; Mado hesitates, then accepts but hides it from her husband. Soon, Paul and Jacques get close and they start to see each other secretly.
Production Countries
Belgium
France
Luxembourg
Production Companies
Iris Group
Mon Voisin Productions
Mosaïque Films
Cast
William Hurt
as Jacques
Alexandra Lamy
as Mado
Augustin Legrand
as Stéphane
Jalil Mehenni
as Paul
Norbert Rutili
as Le notaire
Gilles Soeder
as Le chauffeur 2
Jérôme Varanfrain
as Employé location de voitures
Françoise Oriane
as Geneviève
Colette Kieffer
as La secrétaire
Jean-François Wolff
as Le chauffeur