No one knows, or is ever likely to know how many disabled or handicapped relatives have been hidden from the outside world in attics and basements over the years. In this wry comedy, Basile is an eleven-year old boy living in a rural French town (along with his mother) with his grandparents. He has the usual boyish adventures in town, punctuated with odd goings-on brought about by events which take place in his grandfather's crocodile farm. However, there is a deep rivalry between his grandmother and her wheelchair-bound half-sister, Cecile, who has kept hidden from the world (and her family), and has lived in the attic for decades. Basile eventually feels the wrongness of her situation and feels that he may be the reincarnation of Victor, Cecile's long-lost lover. Eventually things come to a head in a confrontation which provides the town gossips with material for years to come.
Guy Jacques
Director, Writer
Emmanuel List
Writer

Jeanne Moreau
Rose

Micheline Presle
Luce

Dominique Pinon
Bernard

Julien Guiomar
Emile
Claudio Bucella
Basile

Brigitte Bémol
Cécile

Maria Schrader
Yvette

Ernst Jacobi
Milos

Olivier Ythier
Franck
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