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From father to son
  • 92'
  • Authors : Alexandra Riguet, Guy Brousmiche
  • 31-01-1999
  • Master : 1043

From father to son | M6 | Zone Interdite

The Heirs” tells four stories of inheritances filmed in the intimacy of families and their environment. The film captures the profound, however diverse, feelings of the protagonists. Roger, father of a family, wants to make a donation of his belongings while he is alive. But when it comes to the family farm, the heirs are locked in complete disagreement. In the Dordogne region, a granddaughter is to take over a foundry which has been run by three generations of the women of her family. But transmitting it to her has led to a conflict between her and her grandmother who began the foundry. With Maître Benhamoun, we are present at the reading of a will which is addressed to a little girl who had no family tie to the deceased but was merely a generous neighbor. In a small village in the north of France, the owners of the only bistro want to retire. Their son has proposed to buy it from them, but his mother says he’s incompetent and refuses. A mysterious buyer transforms the place into a house. It’s not only the family patrimony which has vanished but also that of an entire village.”


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