Mina Tannenbaum (1994)

Avec Romane Bohringer, Elsa Zylberstein, Florence Thomassin, Jean-Philippe Écoffey, Eric Defosse, Nils Tavernier, Stéphane Slima, Chantal Krief, Jany Gastaldi

Montmartre, dans les années 60. Mina Tannenbaum et Ethel Bénégui sont deux fillettes juives un peu mal dans leur peau et dans leurs familles respectives, plutôt étouffantes : extravertie pour Ethel, austère pour Mina. Elles se rencontrent sur un banc et deviennent inséparables. Arrive l'adolescence, en pleine mode baba-cool, et les temps des premières déceptions amoureuses. Mina, douée pour la peinture, suit des cours aux Beaux-Arts. Ethel, quant à elle, cherche douloureusement sa voie.

Mina Tannenbaum and Ethel Benegui are two Jewish girls living in Paris. They first meet when they are ten years old. As their religion makes them feel like outsiders at school, they form a friendship as a result, despite having nothing else in common. Ethel is extroverted and comes from a middle-class family, while Mina is introverted and comes from a lower class background. Their friendship continues as they grow up, but as adults they start to drift apart. Mina becomes an artist and although she finds men attractive, she is afraid to approach them. Ethel meanwhile becomes a journalist specializing in popular culture, and finds herself in a string of relationships that prove unsatisfying. They soon realize how their differences have put a strain on their relationship.