''À ton image'' is a 2004 French film directed by Aruna Villiers. The story, based on the 1998 novel ''À ton image'' by Louise L. Lambrichs, is about a couple whose desire for a child leads them onto dangerous ground.

Plot

Haunted by painful memories and a terrible feeling of guilt a sterile young woman named Mathilde (played by

Nastassja Kinski Nastassja Aglaia Kinski (; née Nakszynski, ; born 24 January 1961) is a German actress and former model who has appeared in more than 60 films in Europe and the United States. Her worldwide breakthrough was with '' Stay as You Are'' (1978). Sh ...

) uses extreme

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methods to give birth to Manon (Audrey DeWilder), and is comforted by her

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husband Thomas (

Christopher Lambert Christophe Guy Denis Lambert (; ; born March 29, 1957), commonly known as Christopher Lambert, is a French-American actor, producer, and writer. He started his career playing supporting parts in several French films, and became internationally f ...

). Manon starts off as a very normal child but then suffers from intense nightmares, that we later uncover to be her mother's memories. The child's growth is abnormally rapid and she becomes the splitting image of her mother. Manon becomes determined to destroy her mother's life, even showing affection for Mathilde's husband Thomas. Manon eventually learns what happened to her brother who drowned in the well at the back of their property. Gradually, the relation between them evolves in an odd manner as Manon takes over her mother's role in the family.

Cast

as Mathilde *

as Thomas * Audrey Dewilder as Manon * Jeanne Buchard as Manon (at the age of 5) *

Francine Bergé Francine Bergé (born 21 July 1938, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France) is a French film and stage actress. Filmography Theater Awards * 2018 - Prix du Brigadier d’honneur * 2016 - Molière Award, Best Actress in a Public Theatre ...

as Mathilde's mother *

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(Jacques Narcy) as Mathilde's father *

Andrzej Seweryn Andrzej Teodor Seweryn (Polish pronunciation: ; born 25 April 1946) is a Polish actor and Theatre director, director. Regarded as one of the most successful Polish theatre actors, he starred in over 50 films, mostly in Poland, France, and Germa ...

as Professeur Cardoze *

Raoul Billerey Raoul Billerey (1920 - 2010) was a French actor, stuntman, fencing master and director of combat choreography for French TV, theater and film. Partial filmography *''The Three Musketeers'' (1953) *''Cadet Rousselle'' (1954) - Un soldat à l'au ...

as the father of Thomas *

Lyes Salem Lyès Salem (Arabic: إلياس سالم) (born 1966 in Algiers) is an Algerian actor and film director. His first film as director, '' Masquerades'', won several prizes in France. Filmography As director * ''Lhasa'' short 1999 * '' :fr:Cousin ...

as Antoine * Christian Hecq as Gaëtan * Sandra Cheres as Claire * Isabelle Caubère as the principal * Paloma Martin Y Prada as the nurse * Pierre Poirot as the doctor

References

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* 2004 films Films based on science fiction novels French thriller films 2004 thriller films 2000s French films {{2000s-thriller-film-stub