Overview

No one knows, or is ever likely to know how many disabled or handicapped relatives have been hidden from the outside world in attics and basements over the years. In this wry comedy, Basile is an eleven-year old boy living in a rural French town (along with his mother) with his grandparents. He has the usual boyish adventures in town, punctuated with odd goings-on brought about by events which take place in his grandfather's crocodile farm. However, there is a deep rivalry between his grandmother and her wheelchair-bound half-sister, Cecile, who has kept hidden from the world (and her family), and has lived in the attic for decades. Basile eventually feels the wrongness of her situation and feels that he may be the reincarnation of Victor, Cecile's long-lost lover. Eventually things come to a head in a confrontation which provides the town gossips with material for years to come.

Top Cast

Jeanne Moreau

Rose

Micheline Presle

Luce

Dominique Pinon

Bernard

Julien Guiomar

Emile

C

Claudio Bucella

Basile

Brigitte Bémol

Cécile

Maria Schrader

Yvette

Ernst Jacobi

Milos

Olivier Ythier

Franck

Stéphane Auberghen

La femme

D

Daniel Chevalier

The Dwarf

R

René Hainaux

Le grand-père de Cécile