My inseparable: Laure Calamy as a courageous mother

A fusional relationship

In My inseparabledirector Anne-Sophie Bailly shows the relationship between Mona (Laure Calamy) and her thirty-year-old son Joël (Charles Peccia-Galetto). United by a deep love, they form an inseparable couple, like inseparable parakeets. Mona, a single mother, selflessly bears the heavy mental burden of having to organize her life around Joël’s disability. From the first scenes the viewer grasps the different and subtle form of their communication and the complicity of their actions. Instinct and the body occupy a space that does not always leave room for words.

My inseparable it then follows the parallel lives of Mona, a beautician, and her son, in the protected environment of a Social Work Assistance Structure. Anne-Sophie Bailly, met in Bordeaux at the previewhe explained having he has been pursuing his project since adolescence. His source of inspiration dates back to a visit he made with his mother, a nurse, to a retirement home.

An unlikely couple lived in this place: an eighty-year-old lady and her “deceased” daughter. Her supposed mental age of seven did not prevent her from having a lover in the nearby village. The director then had” I found their relationship very fusional and conflictual, like a very strong synthesis of what filial love is and of the tension accumulated over the years “.

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The balance of the Mona-Joël couple is threatened two personal events which make him vulnerable. Mona’s mother is dying in hospital and Joël is in love with Océane (Julie Froger), who is also disabled. A first mirror is then created between the two inseparables : that of the edge of the abyss of the maternal relationship. For Mona it is the end of the story with her mother and for Joël it is the beginning of a hidden story with a woman other than her mother.

Especially since Océane got pregnant. Aware that it is ” dizzying ethical questions require to some extent a political response”, the director allows the spectator to question himself with great modesty. Because contraception and the birth or safety of a child whose parents have a disability are little discussed in cinema.

My inseparable offers the viewer the opportunity to put yourself in the shoes of each of the characters. And listen to their arguments, all convincing, about freedom and consent. For the director ” it was more important that the fears existed in the characters without them being institutionally hammered “. Thus the concerns of Nathalie (Rebecca Finet) and Gabriel (Pasquale D’Inca), Océane’s parents, resonate with precision.

The institutional responses are concrete, with perfect emotional distance. They are neither didactic nor moralizing. Faced with Joël’s unexpected strength, the ambivalence of Mona’s feelings is certainly shocking. His resentment, his pain, his shame and his reactions are overwhelming.

Change your perspective with My inseparable

A second mirror is then born between the two inseparables: that of intimate life. Joël discovers her with Océane and Mona allows herself to rediscover her with Franck (Geert Van Rampelberg). My inseparable it manages very well to show how, little by little, the mirrors of life between Mona and Joël distance them. Because the film evokes emancipation and mutual respect of inseparable people who decide to open their hearts to others.

My inseparable obviously owes a lot to credible duo “ Who mixes roughness and confrontation without losing tenderness “. Laure Calamy puts her profound sensitivity at the service of her character. And Charles Peccia-Galetto is remarkable in his first role. Anne-Sophie Bailly has never considered an actor without disabilitiesWhy ” his film couldn’t fail to work in a performance “But she didn’t choose Charles” depending on your disability. But rightly so of his absolute hunger for the game and his similarity with his character in his way of wanting to assert himself “.

The actor is also the first actor with a disability mentioned at the César, as he is one of the 16 Revelations of 2025. My inseparable it is therefore a very moving film, which deals with the intimate theme of absolute love, trust and admiration of mothers towards their different children.

My inseparable by Anne-Sophie Bailly, in theaters from 25 December 2024. Above is the trailer. Find all our trailers here.

Source: Cine Serie

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