Tatie Danielle (1990)

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Love the Hard Way

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1990

Running Time: 110 mins.

Additional Notes: dialogue French

Country Of Origin: France

starring: Tsilla Chelton, Catherine Jacob, Isabelle Nanty, Neige Dolsky, Eric Prat, Laurence Fevrier, Virginie Pradal, Mathieu Foulon, Gary Ledoux, André Wilms

director: Etienne Chatiliez

In France, an elderly, stubborn and manipulative widow takes advantage of her caretakers while privately mourning the loss of her colonel husband.

April 17, 2001

You may think twice about helping old ladies cross the street after seeing this fiendishly funny swat at bad senior citizenship from director Etienne Chatiliez and writer Florence Quentin, who previously collaborated on the darkly droll Life Is a Long Quiet River. The aged widow Danielle Billard is called Tatie (an affectionate French term for "aunt") by her nephew Jean-Pierre (Eric Prat), his wife, Catherine (Catherine Jacob), and their two sons when they make semiannual forays from their Paris…