Short synopsis : Armand is torn between his wife, mistress and estranged kids… Then Granny dies and he faces a profound existential question: burn her or bury her?

Long synopsis : Granny is dead. Berthe is no more. Armand's grandmother had sort of slipped his mind... Armand runs a pharmacy in the Paris suburbs with his wife, Helene. In a medicine cabinet he hides his magical equipment - he's secretly preparing a show for the daughter... of his lover, Alix. And Granny? Should she be buried or burned?

Cast

• Denis Podalydès, Valérie Lemercier, Isabelle Candelier, Catherine Hiegel, Michel Vuillermoz, Bruno Podalydès

Crew

• Producer(s): Pascal Caucheteux
• Director(s): Bruno Podalydès
• Screenplay: Bruno Podalydès, Denis Podalydès
• DP: Pierre Cottereau
• Editing: Christel Dewynter
• Set Design: Guillaume Deviercy

• Original Title: ADIEU BERTHE - L'ENTERREMENT DE MEME -
• Genre(s): Comedy, Drama


• Production company: WHY NOT PRODUCTIONS
• Production date: 2012
• Language: French
• Duration: 100 min

• The Directors' Fortnight 2012
  
• César Awards 2013 - Nominated
  Award(s) : Best Original Screenplay
• Taormina Film Festival 2012
  
• Filmfest Hamburg 2012
  
• Sao Paulo Mostra Internacional de Cinema 2012
  
• Goa - International Film Festival of India 2012
  
• New York Rendez-Vous With French Cinema 2013