How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause

2003 Canadian film

How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause

French	Comment ma mère accoucha de moi durant sa ménopause

Directed by	Sébastien Rose
Written by	Sébastien Rose
Produced by	Roger Frappier Luc Vandal
Starring	Micheline Lanctôt Paul Ahmarani Sylvie Moreau Patrick Huard Anne-Marie Cadieux
Cinematography	Nicolas Bolduc
Edited by	Dominique Fortin
Release date	2003 (2003)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause (French: Comment ma mère accoucha de moi durant sa ménopause) is a film by directed by Sébastien Rose, released in 2003. The film won that year's Claude Jutra Award for the best Canadian feature film by a first-time director.^[1]

The film's cast includes Micheline Lanctôt, Paul Ahmarani, Lucie Laurier, Sylvie Moreau, Patrick Huard and Anne-Marie Cadieux.

Synopsis

How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Her Menopause is about Jean-Charles (Paul Ahmarani), a 30-year-old working on his thesis about men's role in a post-feminist world, who lives with his domineering mother (Micheline Lanctôt) and sister (Sylvie Moreau), both of whom are sleeping with the gardener (Patrick Huard). To further complicate matters, Jean-Charles is having an affair with his shrink (Anne-Marie Cadieux) who reports back to his mother.