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In an unmissable film, a son faces up to his Jewish mother's mental illness

JL;DR SUMMARY "This Is My Mother," screened at the New York Jewish Film Festival, is Julien Carpentier's poignant debut film exploring the complex dynamics between a son, Pierre, and his bipolar Jewish mother, Judith, played by Agnes Jaoui. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityFamily DynamicsMental IllnessNew York Jewish Film FestivalJewish FilmMother Son RelationshipBipolar DisorderFrench CinemaAgnes JaouiJulien Carpentier

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Gironde, France
"Judith is sexy, damaged, loving, self-aware, and utterly forgetful in turn. She is a charming, mentally ill 60-something woman in the Bordeaux region who the camera loves and for whom the audience fears."
New York, United States
"I went to see This Is My Mother (La vie de ma mre) based on little more than trust in the NYJFF curators who had brought it to North America and a fascination with the work of French (Tunisian, Jewish) actress Jaoui."

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