My Name is Victor

The story

No one knows, or is ever likely to know how many disabled or handicapped relatives have been hidden from the outside world in attics and basements over the years. In this wry comedy, Basile is an eleven-year old boy living in a rural French town (along with his mother) with his grandparents. He has the usual boyish adventures in town, punctuated with odd goings-on brought about by events which take place in his grandfather's crocodile farm. However, there is a deep rivalry between his grandmother and her wheelchair-bound half-sister, Cecile, who has kept hidden from the world (and her family), and has lived in the attic for decades. Basile eventually feels the wrongness of her situation and feels that he may be the reincarnation of Victor, Cecile's long-lost lover. Eventually things come to a head in a confrontation which provides the town gossips with material for years to come.

Cast & crew

Jeanne MoreauRose

Micheline PresleLuce

Dominique PinonBernard

Julien GuiomarEmile

Claudio Bucella

Claudio BucellaBasile

Brigitte BémolCécile

Maria SchraderYvette

Ernst JacobiMilos

Olivier YthierFranck

Stéphane AuberghenLa femme

Daniel Chevalier

Daniel ChevalierThe Dwarf

René Hainaux

René HainauxLe grand-père de Cécile