Movie Details
Original Language:French
Circuit Carole
Audience Score
1 hr 15 min
The quiet agony of a mother whose daughter grows up to pursue her own life is chronicled in this realistically presented French drama The Circuit Carole of the title refers to a motorbike racetrack Jeanne and her 20year old daughter Marie share a small apartment in a workingclass Parisian neighborhood the two live harmoniously but the daughter is restless and anxious to set out on her own Marie then takes a job in a northern suburb and their lives are forever changed The racetrack is near her work Marie is enthralled by the racers and their fast machines Along with her new boyfriend a racer Marie begins riding herself She then moves out of her mothers flat leaving Jeanne bereft of companionship and a purpose in her life Her silent deeply internalized grief eventually drives her completely mad
DirectorEmmanuelle Cuau
