''Coming to Terms with the Dead'' (french: Petits arrangements avec les morts) is a 1994 French

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Pascale Ferran Pascale Ferran (; born 17 April 1960) is a French film director and screenwriter. In 2007, her film ''Lady Chatterley'' won five César Awards including Best Film, Best Cinematography and Best Adaptation. Her 2014 film '' Bird People'' was sele ...

. It won the

Caméra d'Or The Caméra d'Or ("''Golden Camera''") is an award of the Cannes Film Festival for the best first feature film presented in one of the Cannes' selections (Official Selection, Directors' Fortnight The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des ...

at the

1994 Cannes Film Festival The 47th Cannes Film Festival was held from 12 to 23 May 1994. The Palme d'Or went to the American film '' Pulp Fiction'' directed by Quentin Tarantino. The festival opened with '' The Hudsucker Proxy'', directed by Joel Coen and closed with ''S ...

Cast

* Didier Sandre as Vincent * Alexandre Zloto as young Vincent * Catherine Ferran as Zaza * Agathe De Chassey as young Zaza * Audrey Boitel as Lili *

Charles Berling Charles Berling (born 30 April 1958) is a French actor, director and screenwriter. Life and career Charles Berling, son of a navy doctor, is also the nephew of the literary critic Raymond Picard. His mother, Nadia, "only daughter of (French) s ...

as François * Mathieu Robinot as young François *

Didier Bezace Didier Bezace (10 February 1946 – 11 March 2020) was a French actor. Life and career Theatre student at the International Dramatic University Centre in Nancy, Didier Bezace received lessons from Bernard Drot, Jean-Marie Patte, Gilles Sandier, ...

as Rene * Nadia Barentin as The mother * Jean Dautremay as The father * Guillaume Charras as Jumbo * Danièle Douet as Jumbo's mother *

Bruno Todeschini Bruno Todeschini (born 19 September 1962) is a Franco-Swiss actor. Life and career Todeschini studied at L'école supérieure d'art dramatique in Genève and after graduating in 1986, he joined the Théâtre Nanterre-Amandiers, directed by Pat ...

as Jumbo's father * Guillaume Raynal as Bruno * Dominique Constanza as Bruno's mother * Alain Pralon as Dr. Le Bihan *

Emmanuelle Bach Emmanuel Bach (born Emanuelle Anouk El Kabbach; 30 May 1968) is a French film and television actress. History She is the daughter of Holda Trenkle ("Holda Fonteyn") and journalist Jean-Pierre Elkabbach. At the age of 19, she abandoned her hi ...

as The journalist * Marc Betton as Zaza's doctor * Jean Pélégri as an old man *

Muriel Mayette Muriel Mayette (born 2 May 1964) is a French actress. Life and career At the age of 14, Mayette followed the lectures of Marcel Tassencourt in Versailles. From 1980 to 1982, she studied at the ''National School of Arts and Theatre Technique ...

as Zaza's colleague

References

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* 1994 films 1994 drama films 1990s French-language films French drama films Films directed by Pascale Ferran Pan-Européenne films Caméra d'Or winners 1994 directorial debut films 1990s French films {{1990s-France-film-stub