Milou en mai is a 1990

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 film by Louis Malle

Louis Malle

Louis Malle was a French film director, screenwriter, and producer. He worked in both French cinema and Hollywood. His films include Ascenseur pour l'échafaud , Atlantic City , and Au revoir, les enfants .- Early years in France :Malle was born into a wealthy industrialist family in Thumeries,...

. It is released as Milou in May in the UK and as May Fools in North America

North America

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. The film portrays the impact of the French revolutionary fervour of May 1968 on a French village.

Milou en mai was filmed at Château du Calaoue, in the Gers

Gers

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 département

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, southwestern France.

It is notable for being the last performance of Bruno Carette before his death.

Synopsis

Milou's mother dies just as the unrest and strikes are sweeping the country. The events interfere with the plans for a funeral and disrupt the family and a stranded truck driver. The film combines elements of social and interpersonal commentary with farce.

Cast

• Miou-Miou
  Miou-Miou
  Miou-Miou is a French actress. In her career she has worked with a number of international directors, including Michel Gondry, Bertrand Blier, Yves Boisset, Claude Berri, Jacques Deray, Michel Deville, Diane Kurys, Radu Mihăileanu, Patrice Leconte, Joseph Losey and Louis Malle.-Career:She was born...
  
   - Camille, Milou's daughter
• Michel Piccoli - Milou
• Michel Duchaussoy
  Michel Duchaussoy
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   - Georges, Milou's brother
• Bruno Carette - Grimaldi
• Paulette Dubost
  Paulette Dubost
  Paulette Dubost was a French actress who began her career at the age of 7 at the Paris Opera.She appeared in over 250 films and worked with such directors as Jean Renoir, Jacques Tourneur, Marcel Carné, Julien Duvivier, Preston Sturges and Max Ophüls. One of her most famous roles was as Lisette in...
  
   - Mrs. Vieuzac, Milou's mother
• Harriet Walter
  Harriet Walter
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   - Lily, Milou's sister-in-law
• Martine Gautier - Adèle, the servant and Milou's lover
• Rozenne Le Tallec - Marie-Laure
• Jeanne Herry - Françoise (as Jeanne Herry-Leclerc)
• Renaud Danner - Pierre-Alain
• François Berléand
  François Berléand
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   - Daniel
• Dominique Blanc
  Dominique Blanc
  Dominique Blanc is a French actress.She trained at the French Drama school, Cours Florent. In 1980 at the suggestion of Pierre Romans , in whose class she was, Patrice Chéreau went to see her and engaged her for a performance of Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt...
  
   - Claire, Milou's niece

Awards

• Best Foreign Direction, David di Donatello Awards 1990.
• Nomination for Best Foreign Film, BAFTA Awards
  British Academy of Film and Television Arts
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   1991.
• César Award
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   for Best supporting Actress
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  : Dominique Blanc. Nominations for Césars for Best Actor
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  : Michel Piccoli, Best Actress
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  : Miou-Miou, and Best Supporting Actor
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  : Michel Duchaussoy. 1991.