Tatie Danielle is a 1990 French black humor

Black comedy

A black comedy, or dark comedy, is a comic work that employs black humor or gallows humor. The definition of black humor is problematic; it has been argued that it corresponds to the earlier concept of gallows humor; and that, as humor has been defined since Freud as a comedic act that anesthetizes...

 film directed by Étienne Chatiliez

Étienne Chatiliez

Étienne Chatiliez is a French film director. He was born in Roubaix, France.After starting out directing many advertising clips, he is now a well-known director of feature-length films with some success.- Filmography :...

. It features Tsilla Chelton as Auntie Danielle Billard.

Plot

Danielle Billard, aged 82, is a childless widow of an army colonel. She lives in a small-town home in Auxerre

Auxerre

Auxerre is a commune in the Bourgogne region in north-central France, between Paris and Dijon. It is the capital of the Yonne department.Auxerre's population today is about 45,000...

 with her faithful housekeeper, Odile. Quiet life? Things are not as they appear. Danielle is mean, cruel and malicious. When Odile "accidentally" dies, Danielle divides her estate between her great-niece and -nephew, Jeanne and Jean-Pierre. She then goes to to live in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 with Jean-Pierre and his family. Although the family believes her to be an agreeable elderly lady, they soon discover her true colours!

The family goes on an extended vacation, and leaves their aunt in the care of a young woman, Sandrine. Little does Danielle know, she has finally met her match! Through many turbulant episodes these two women develop an ostensibly mutual love-hate "respect".

Cast

Actor	Role
Tsilla Chelton	Auntie Danielle Billard
Neige Dolsky	Odile, Auntie Danielle's old housekeeper
	'Garde-à-vous (subtitled as "Onyourmark/Lookout"), Auntie Danielle's dog
Éric Prat	Jean-Pierre Billard, Auntie Danielle's great-nephew
Catherine Jacob Catherine Jacob (actress) Catherine Jacob is a French actress. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for her role in Life Is a Long Quiet River , and has been nominated for Best Supporting Actress in Tatie Danielle , Merci la vie and Neuf mois...	Catherine Billard, Jean-Pierre's wife
Laurence Février	Jeanne Billard, Auntie Danielle's great-niece and Jean-Pierre's sister
Mathieu Foulon	Jean-Marie Billard, Jean-Pierre and Catherine's son
Gary Ledoux	Jean-Christophe "Totoff" Billard, Jean-Pierre and Catherine's son
Isabelle Nanty Isabelle Nanty Isabelle Nanty is a French actress and film director.see http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0353243/. She played the part of Georgette in the 2001 French film Amélie and Isabelle in La Belle Histoire...	Sandrine Vonnier, Auntie Danielle's caretaker
Virginie Pradal	Madame Lafosse
Jacqueline Dufranne	Madame Ladurie
Dominique MacAvoy	Madame Lemoine
Karin Viard Karin Viard Karin Viard is a multi-award-winning French actress. She made her film debut in Tatie Danielle in 1990.Since then she has appeared in such films as Delicatessen, L'Emploi du temps , Adultère, mode d'emploi and La parenthèse enchantée.She was a member of the 2003 Cannes Film Festival...	Agathe, an esthetician
Monique Pantel	A neighbor
Bradley Harryman	Michael, Sandrine's boyfriend
Madeleine Cheminat	Madame Mauprivet
Nicole Chollet	Ginette Mauprivet, her daughter
André Wilms André Wilms André Wilms is a French film and television actor who has also appeared in German and Finnish films. Wilms was the winner of the Best Supporting European Actor award at the 1992 European Film Awards for his work in Aki Kaurismäki's La Vie de Bohème.-Partial filmography:* Le tartuffe * Field of...	Dr. Wilms
Patrick Bouchitey Patrick Bouchitey Patrick Bouchitey is a French actor and film director. He has appeared in 81 films and television shows since 1972. His film Cold Moon was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...	The beggar
Evelyne Didi	The lady on the bus
Frédéric Rossif Frédéric Rossif Frédéric Rossif was a French film and television director who specialized primarily on documentaries, frequently using archive footage. Rossif's common themes included wildlife, 20th century history and contemporary artists...	The man by the lake
Jean-Pierre Miquel	The doctor
Christophe Malbranque	Jean-Marie's boyfriend

Awards and nominations

Tatie Danielle was nominated for three César Award

César Award

The César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. The nominations are selected by the members of the Académie des arts et techniques du cinéma....

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• 1991 César Award for Best Actress
  César Award for Best Actress
  List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actress .-Winners and nominees:...
  
   nomination: Tsilla Chelton
• 1991 César Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination: Catherine Jacob
• 1991 César Award for Most Promising Actress
  César Award for Most Promising Actress
  The following is the list of winners of the César Award for Most Promising Actress . Since its inception in 1983, the award is given as part of the French film industry's annual César Awards....
  
  nomination: Isabelle Nanty