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Bohringer’s ‘Dites‑lui que je l’aime’ Returns to French Cinemas as an Intimate Two‑Voice Hybrid

The film turns an adaptation of Clémentine Autain’s memoir into a personal inquiry that folds in Romane Bohringer’s own maternal history.

Overview

  • The feature reopened in French theaters on December 3 following its screening at the Festival de Cannes.
  • Conceived from Autain’s 2019 book about her mother, actress Dominique Laffin, the project evolved during scripting into a dual narrative.
  • Bohringer incorporated the story of her mother, Marguerite Bourry, whose absence marked her childhood and whose death occurred when Bohringer was 14.
  • The work blends fiction, documentary and testimony to interweave two troubled childhoods and portraits of mothers struggling with care.
  • The release is accompanied by new interviews in the national press, marking the pair’s third collaboration after Autain’s appearances in L’Amour flou.