Acting
Zabou Breitman's volcanic maternal grief — devastating.
Direction
Bezançon's invisible hand lets chaos feel lived-in.
Director
Rémi Bezançon
Jacques Gamblin
Robert Duval
Zabou Breitman
Marie-Jeanne Duval
Déborah François
Fleur Duval, la fille benjamine
Marc-André Grondin
Raphaël
Pio Marmaï
Albert, fils aîné
Roger Dumas
Pierre, le père de Robert
Cécile Cassel
Prune
Stanley Weber
Éric, ami de Raphaël
Camille De Pazzis
Moïra
Jean-Jacques Vanier
Mathias Moreau
Philippe Lefebvre
Philippe
François-Xavier Demaison
Le docteur Marcaurel
Gilles Lellouche
Le rasta blanc
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Marc-André Grondin learned medical suturing techniques for Raphaël's med school scenes — the director insisted on single-take realism.
The film's French title 'Le Premier Jour du reste de ta vie' deliberately echoes the optimistic post-1968 slogan, then weaponizes it against bourgeois family mythology.
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