Mima

1960s Sète. Twelve year-old Mima, living in a community of Italian immigrants, feels ill at ease in the company of her grandfather, Nonno, still seen as the moral patriarch by his fellow Italians. But the young refuse to listen to him. One evening the old man if found, murdered...

Directed by: Philomène Esposito (France, 1990)
Cast: Nino Manfredi (Nonno, the grandfather), Virginie Ledoyen (Mima), Margarita Lozano (the grandmother), Vittoria Scognamiglio (the mother), Toni Cecchinato (the father), Patrick Bouchitey (the inspector)
Genre: comedy drama
Awards: official selection (1991 Berlinale)