While her apartment is being renovated, Jacqueline is thrilled to be forced into spending "a few days" with her eldest daughter Carole and her son-in-law, who are both in couples therapy. These "few days" turn into "a few months". Jacqueline quickly feels at home. She prepares dinners, monopolizes the television, reorganizes the kitchen... She is here, and no one knows for how long!
Acting
Josiane Balasko weaponizes charm as the mother-in-law from hell.
Writing
Escalation so precise it feels like documentary footage.
Director
Eric Lavaine
Josiane Balasko
Jacqueline Mazerin
Mathilde Seigner
Carole Bordier
Jérôme Commandeur
Alain Bordier
Philippe Lefebvre
Nicolas Mazerin
Didier Flamand
Jean Laborde
Jean-François Cayrey
Lech, the painter
Line Renaud
Mamoune
Jean-Marie Marion
Hubert
Sébastien Castro
The therapist
Jean-Michel Lahmi
The Director General
Claudine Vincent
Nicole
José Paul
The President
Sophie Le Tellier
Sylvie
Marie Benati
Sandrine
Antoine Robert
The physiotherapist
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Josiane Balasko is French comedy royalty; this role draws on decades of playing chaotic women who refuse to apologize.
The 'few days' becoming months is based on a real phenomenon in French culture where temporary housing becomes permanent through sheer maternal will.
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