Following her parents’ divorce, nine-year-old Mathilde lives with her mother (Noémie Lvovsky), a sensitive, unstable woman for whom just getting through everyday life is already too much. Faced with a mother who is barely present and a father only around via Skype (Mathieu Amalric), Mathilde’s talking owl becomes a trusted listener and advisor. Noémie Lvovsky’s hugely personal film is dedicated to her mother, a tender, dream-like portrait of an unusual mother-daughter relationship, with the perfect musical accompaniment formed by Alela Diane’s fragile, captivating song “Oh! My Mama”.
(Arsenal Kino Berlin)