“La Crise” by Coline Serreau celebrates its 40th anniversary. The opportunity to return to an absolutely cult scene of this comedy: the unforgettable monologue by Maria Pacôme. What do you mean, you don’t know this great moment in French cinema?
Cult comedy of French cinema, La Crise celebrates its 40th anniversary. On the occasion of this anniversary which is getting old, we invite you to come back to a memorable scene from this film which allowed Coline Serreau to win the César for Best Screenplay. The sequence in question, you may have guessed, is that of the incredible monologue by Maria Pacôme!
When he has just been left by his wife and he has just lost his job, Victor (Vincent Lindon), in complete disarray, thinks of finding comfort with his mother (Maria Pacôme). Except that the reception reserved by the latter is not going to be at all that expected!
Instead of consoling her son, the mother announces to him, very bluntly, that she has nothing to do with her problems. Around a table where her daughter (Zabou Breitman) and her husband (Yves Robert) are also present, she shares, after years of taking so much care of others, her desire to finally enjoy life, of his life. In short, she too, like her son, is having a fit!
“So listen up! Your job issues, your wife issues, your money issues, your issues in general and in particular, me, your mother, I don’t care like 40, you hear? I don’t care, but then I don’t care, I can’t tell you how much I don’t care! I really don’t care, nothing, nothing to give a fuck”, first declares the mother in front of a taken aback Victor. And it’s far from over, as you can (re)discover in the player below!
Maria Pacôme, who disappeared almost four years ago to the day, appears little in La Crise, but with this long tirade which stretches well beyond two minutes, she makes an indelible mark on people’s minds. Her performance as a mother who sends everything to shambles to the chagrin of her loved ones will have earned her a nomination for the César for Best Supporting Actor.
Released in theaters in 1992, the feature film La Crise was a great public success with more than 2.3 million spectators in French cinemas.
This cult scene is Manu Payet’s favorite scene and he talks about it on our microphone: