A Few Hours of Spring

A Few Hours of Spring

Directed by Stéphane Brizé

Produced by TS Productions, ARTE France Cinéma

2012108 min6.7 / 10

A tender yet sorrowful exploration of estrangement and reconciliation between a mother and son facing mortality, built on intimate character study rather than plot.

Forty-eight-year-old Alain Evrard is obliged to return home to live with his mother. This situation causes all the violence of their past relationship to rise to the surface. Alain then discovers that his mother has a fatal illness. In the last months of her life, will they finally be capable of taking a step toward each other?

Questions people ask

  • Is A Few Hours of Spring sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Is A Few Hours of Spring scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is A Few Hours of Spring violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is A Few Hours of Spring easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does A Few Hours of Spring end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

47/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity39

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise46

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love55

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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