I like Black Panther, but I didn't like this movie.

brilliant actors, brilliant editing

A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

This movie is about a woman who had to raise the son of her own son and his wife, who ran away and left father and son to fend for themselves. The implication is made, but never cleared up, that she was not French. The film is shot on video and often has a the look and feel of a documentary, which hurts it with its story line and continuity. It often introduces topics early in the film only to bring the pay off far later on in the film. Rather than doing this intuitively and intelligently, in a manner that would bring the later moment into a realization that advances the essentially plot points, these payoffs simply appear as either distractions or attempts to wrap up lose threads before the filmmaker ran out of money (since he obviously couldn't run out of film). The film is not without some elements to recommend it but overall, it is not sufficiently cohesive as a narrative nor original and charming as a story to recommend it, when there are so many more interesting and worthwhile films in the IMDb database, both about the nature of loss and mourning, the rediscovery of close, familial ties, whether natural or created by individuals amongst themselves, or about how gays feel the need to create their own family bonds in place of the natural family which is denied them, for whatever reason.

This film is so refreshing and touching... You have to see it! This is the story of Guillaume, 24 years old, who studies to be an opera singer. He tries to free himself from the love of two women: his mother, who just died, and his grandmother, who brought him up. The relationship between Guillaume and his granny is often stormy. Especially since Régine, the grand-mother, keeps on the balcony of her Parisian apartment an urn containing Guillaume's mother ashes, which goes against the dead woman's last wishes, who wanted them to be scattered in Scotland. A few other 'satellites' evolve around these two eccentric characters: Ben, a little boy who stays at Régine's from time to time, and who's fascinated by the mysterious urn, Maxime, the young guy who come to clean up Régine's apartment, and Serge, who's in love with Guillaume, but who doesn't seem to be able to express it... They're all so human (with a slight touch of 'Woody Allenish' humor, from time to time). It's never really sad, often very touching, and never boring. A must see!

this is a wonderful feature, so sensitive, intelligent and funny at the same time. The story of this relationship between a grandmother and her grand son who refuses to mourn his mother, is deeply touching while never sentimental, which makes it a very modern and original film. Ferrato and Quatravaux, as well as the entire cast, are wonderful and so natural. The way Duran Cohen play with the audience with this mix reality and fiction is troubling but reminds me of the world we live in, a world where you never know what's true or not. May be that's what makes this film so modern and grabbing. Grandsons won a first prize at horizon section of the Venise Film Festival and it deserves it. See it where you can.

This low key story of an elderly woman's relationship with her grandson, around their shared loss of her daughter/his mother is infused with emotional honesty and integrity. The characterizations of the protagonists as well as the secondary characters are so richly nuanced that we feel we know these people, with all their strengths and foibles. She is resolutely set in her ways, he is often bratty, but their love for one another transcends their differences The film's poignant humor leavens its emotional moments to provide an immensely satisfying cinematic experience. Having seen this at the San Francisco International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, I can only hope that it finds the audience it deserves.