Synopsis
Lamento for the Death of a Mother, Maman que man avoids, sidesteps confession, memory, nostalgia — in short, any verbose slide into psychology or self-analysis. Around the beautiful and tender figure of Didier Hercend, intense blocks of emotion, fury, and noise crystallize; indelible fragments assail us: the poignant appearance of Copi as a stunned and bored alcoholic, Michel Cressol as a bar queen. Maman que man: the time of childhood fragments, the farewell to lost children, the Baudelairean hymns to death: "it is death that consoles, alas! and that gives life..." but always in rage and fury, driven by the writing itself and a style of invincible vitality. (René Schérer)
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