Maddened by His Absence

Maddened by His Absence — Plot

After ten years, Jacques comes back to France to handle his father’s succession. He had left France to live in the USA to escape a painful past he shared with Mado, his former wife, who in the meantime built a new life with Stéphane and their 7 year old son, Paul. Upon his return, Jacques and Mado meet again; he asks to meet her son Paul; Mado hesitates, then accepts but hides it from her husband. Soon, Paul and Jacques get close and they start to see each other secretly.

• Release date
• October 31, 2012
• Runtime
• 98 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Sandrine Bonnaire

Maddened by His Absence — Cast

William Hurt Jacques Alexandra Lamy Mado Augustin Legrand Stéphane Jalil Mehenni Paul

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Matteo Trevisan Félix Françoise Oriane Geneviève Norbert Rutili Le notaire

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Serge Hutry Le comissaire priseur