Avanti
2012 · 85 MIN · IMDB 5.3 · 53 VOTES · DIR. Emmanuelle Antille
Overview
What does ‘normal’ actually mean? And what is ‘crazy’? Everybody attempts to convince Léa that her mother, Suzanne, is mentally ill. Her father wants to see her returned to the psychiatric clinic, but Léa refuses to see her mother in the same light: Suzanne is happy – even if she doesn’t act like others expect her to. She appears to live a joyfully infantile existence after calmly letting go of life’s pressures. Léa captures her mother’s life on film and focuses her attention on examining the old super-8 films from the family archives. When she is left to drive her mother back to the clinic after a weekend at home, Léa grabs her opportunity: She turns the car around and whisks Suzanne off on a journey; a road trip without the judgements of others. AVANTI follows a mother-daughter relationship with an ease and depth that highlights the complexity of the emotional ties within a family.
Dialogue Timeline — 525 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:00 Carry on, Mum. Act like I wasn't here.
00:06:50 I'll go to Granny's alone. My aunt Catherine will be there.
00:10:25 Will you wake her soon?
00:11:57 You didn't visit her in the clinic. You didn't get her this morning.
00:18:41 Are you sure you want to come?
00:20:38 Like a hotel.
00:23:55 Too heavy.
00:26:46 - A veil. - A funeral veil.
00:28:10 You want to control everything she does.
00:31:21 About what?
00:35:53 There. There. That's the way I love you.
00:39:20 OK.
00:42:52 - Do you want something? - A Coke, please.
00:45:21 - Are you hungry? - Yes.
00:47:44 We're together, aren't we?
00:50:25 You're crazy.
00:54:39 with Mum's machine.
00:57:00 Do you have a coin?
01:02:00 What's your name?
01:04:21 That's enough! You're worked up. You need rest.
01:06:17 Shit! Why are you like this?
01:08:25 It has to be about you.
01:11:55 I love you. Bye.
01:13:43 I miss him.