The Last of the Crazy People

In an isolated farm in the French countryside, a family is falling apart. Faced with a seriously ill mother, who spends her time shut away in her room, and who violently rejects her two sons, the elder takes to drink whilst the husband, under his own possessive mother’s thumb, passively looks on at the distress of his loved ones. Only Martin, eleven, tries to fight despair. He finds a little warmth and comfort with his cat, Mistigri, and Malika, the Moroccan servant he adores. However, neither this welcome support, nor his attempts to help his family, can resolve the situation. In a final burst of courage, Martin decides to find his own way of bringing all this suffering to an end. –Locarno Film Festival