Set in a small Quebec town in the late-1920′s, this emotional drama follows the life and exploits of Celeste Beaumont, a talented young pianist who gains local celebrity at the town movie theater for her gifts as a silent film pianist. Awkward Pierre Blaudell is her biggest fan and eventually marries her. Shortly after this she bears his son, Pierre, who joins the army. She insists on joining him at the base and his meddlesome, snooty parents insist she give them her son. Pierre is killed in the war, and Celeste flees to New York where she finds steady employment as a jazz pianist. She finds a life-long companion with a black musician and chronicles her experiences in a diary that she passes on to her son after he grows up. Her son becomes a painter and once his own son, Antoine, is grown, reads him the story of Celeste, the youth’s grandmother. Intrigued, Antoine heads to the Big Apple in hopes of finding her.
This movie is an emotional drama about how Antoine, played beautifully by François Méthé, discovers the details of his heritage. This film won many awards in Canada and at Cannes in 1988. François Méthé, who was about 11-years-old, never acted again after this movie.
From IMDb:
A quiet painter, separated from his wife for a year, receives a suitcase in the mail from his mother, whom he hasn’t seen since infancy. He believes she abandoned him to his wealthy, paternal grandparents. The suitcase contains mementos and a diary, a long letter to him, written over the years, with details of her youth, her first job as a pianist at a cinema, the coming of talkies, her marriage, and how he came to live with his grandparents. As he reads through the materials and her story comes to life, his son Antoine, who’s about 10 or 12, tries to break through his father’s silence and sorrow by taking matters into his own hands.
徐帆前半段说话状态很奇怪，一直吊着嗓子，哎呀，宝贝呀，怎么了呀，我寻思着母亲在这个年龄是这样的状态在家说话的吗，不是吧。而且中间有一段和女儿男朋友说话的时候是可以“稳”的，整个人的状态更像“母亲”。
用最平常的故事讲述最真挚的感情，各位演员都演的很不错，在面对死亡时，乐观的母亲变得开始害怕；无趣的父亲开始无助；任性的女儿开始学会照顾，这就是“死亡”的可怕。
脸谱化的人物，戏剧化的冲突，每个人的标签都好明显，因而显得特别脱离生活。大喜大悲的剧本，真的煽情不出来，只让人觉得如坐针毡
看到好多自己和母亲相处的影子 女儿对母亲来说是除法是抵消 总是有吵不完的架 但也总有说不完的悄悄话 所有演员演技都挺在线的
想给三星都觉得多了。
开头的几分钟就营造了一个太过美好的世界，为后面的催泪打下了优秀的基础 || 大陆电影的家庭感动；和台湾、美国电影的家庭感动，很不一样。说明大家的生活的确很不一样。在这一点上，我还是更东方，我深受大陆、台湾的电影感动。
冲着俩女主去的，影片都是演技派演员，演技很舒服，妈妈和女儿的故事从来都是细腻感人的，很喜欢这样细节感动的作品。备好纸巾～真的很感动，亲情是无论怎么说都会感动自己的题材，拍摄剪辑上比较正常叙述，就是剧情片的走向，主要在触动了一些很现实敏感的点，这些难能可贵。
最后，只有她快要死的时候，身边的亲人才发现她的重要性，才开始真正爱她。
感同身受，泪流满面。如果剧情在收到假发那一刻就离世，留下一个小遗憾，感觉会更好，后面20分钟有点多
虽然演员都还不错，但实在不想看到歌颂为别人奉献自己的一生转过头来被问值不值得的时候还要说这是我自己的选择。选择你爹啊选择，有得选吗？更想看到自驾游到处跑的那种妈妈和阿姨，想做就去做，别操心别人了。
社畜很真实，活着真的很难。但是有的人想活着也是奢望了。母亲，总在家庭生活承担牺牲的责任。拍得一般般。
徐帆演的季老师真的很打动人心，另外，张婧仪的演技也很好，再接再厉，反正我是真感动了！
第一个，是妈妈在演播厅为女儿出气那一段，太解气了。
我这里最不及格的反而是表演，所有的人物形象都如此刻板，经不起审视与推敲。徐帆和许亚军的夫妻关系从第一场戏就浮在表面，直到最后一场也如同隔空而舞，是全片自说自话的缩影。而导演试图在病痛问题和亲子关系间搭建一座桥梁的尝试，最后的成片剪辑确是无比割裂。上一秒是病床上的痛不欲生，下一秒就可以转身咖啡馆为女儿保驾护航。为了呈现母女关系如果只是把老生常谈的那套东西照搬银幕，那感动的泪水未免因太过功利而廉价……
故事不复杂，但胜在全程演技在线，讲了一个结局不完美，但温馨感人的的好故事。
看来小资产阶级社区的人都审美趣味比较高，不过我还是要给5分，
有共鸣的作品，徐帆和张婧怡都很棒，人物弧光很完美。
身为一个80后，刚好符合电影故事的年纪，父母面临退休，自己在另外一个城市挣扎，母亲的催婚，母亲的担忧，想要多一个理解母亲的角度，这电影必看
除了你以外，谁也不能真正捆绑住你自己，无论身份是妈妈还是姐姐，自我牺牲都不是理所当然的选择。
看的点映，虽然整个剧情很好哭，但是明明很有镜头爆发力的几场戏，被张静仪黏黏糊糊的台词跟毫无状态的演技，搞成了不响的哑炮。徐帆的演技也大打折扣……
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