Drama

My Favorite Season (1993): Cast, Box Office & Plot

Name: My Favorite Season
Genre: Drama
Released: 1993-05-14
Duration: 2 h 7 min
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Marthe Villalonga, Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Pierre Bouvier, Chiara Mastroianni

My Favorite Season is a 1993 drama directed by André Téchiné, starring Catherine Deneuve as Emilie, Marthe Villalonga and Daniel Auteuil. It runs 2 hours 7 minutes and earned $873,857 worldwide.

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Released: May 14, 1993
Runtime: 2h 7m (127 min)
Director: André Téchiné
Genre: Drama
Original language: French
Studio: TF1 Films Production
After the credits: No No extra scene

The story

What Is My Favorite Season About?

The premise of My Favorite Season without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.

When elderly Berthe moves in with her daughter Emilie, the holiday season forces a reunion: Emilie reaches out to her estranged brother Antoine, who has avoided contact for three years. As they gather for Christmas, long‑buried memories surface, reshaping Berthe’s fate and the fragile bond between the siblings. Their strained bond is tested.

My Favorite Season Themes & Keywords

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three word title
first person title
male rear nudity
rear nudity
bare chested male
france
memory
christmas
toulouse
male to female footsie playing
footsie under the table
incest overtones

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insanity
jealousy
outdoor sex
footsie
nostalgia
marital separation
male nudity
female nudity
male in women's restroom
aging
women's bathroom
uncle niece relationship
umbrella
tree
thief
theft
tears
talking to self
swimming
stroke
striptease
storm
song
snow
snow skiing
skinny dipping
sister sister relationship
singing
singer
sex
seasons of the year
seamstress
saint loup france
running
roof damage
river
retirement home
restaurant

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Cast & crew

My Favorite Season Cast & Characters

Catherine Deneuve leads the cast as Emilie, with Marthe Villalonga as Berthe and Daniel Auteuil as Antoine. Directed by André Téchiné; 13 actors are credited in all.

Director André Téchiné

Also Starring in My Favorite Season

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Chiara Mastroianni Anne
Anthony Prada Lucien
Carmen Chaplin Khadija
Roschdy Zem Mehdi
Bruno Todeschini l'homme de l'hôpital
Jacques Nolot l'homme au cimetière
Michèle Moretti la directrice
Ingrid Caven La femme du bar
Jean Bousquet le père d'Emilie

From the director

More from André Téchiné

More films directed by André Téchiné, best-rated first: Being 17, Wild Reeds, The Witnesses and Thieves.

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Plot

My Favorite Season Plot Summary

What happens in My Favorite Season from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 13 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 4-minute read.

Spoilers ahead

Berthe, Marthe Villalonga an elderly widow, is forced by her declining health to close the French farmhouse where she has spent much of her life. She moves in with her daughter Émilie, Catherine Deneuve and son-in-law Bruno, Jean-Pierre Bouvier, who share a legal practice and have two grown children: Anne, Chiara Mastroianni, a law student, and Lucien, Anthony Prada, who was adopted. In spite of Émilie’s efforts, Berthe is not happy in her daughter’s bourgeois home in Blagnac.

Full summary

The whole story of My Favorite Season, scene by scene

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