Who's Bernie? Well, he's first of all - in this film - the creation of Albert Dupontel and as such a 30 year old orphan, once thrown into the trash can by his parents and raised at an orphanage.
At the very age of 30 he decides to leave the relatively calm and safe orphanage in search of his parents. Not a day to early?
This 'mission' becomes somewhat complicated due to the fact that Bernie (Albert Dupontel) is extremely paranoid, creating his own world of horrors and persecution, leading to problems for all those who encounter him.
First of all he finds his father living in a dump as a homeless. This is though something Bernie interprets as a conspiracy against his father, not as the consequences of his own mistakes in life.
He takes care of him and they set out to find his mother, who nowadays lives a very good life, -at least economically - with a husband and children in a big house.
In 'releasing' his mother, Bernie and his father use the formers more violent methods. This as his only way to solve problems is by using physical force, it seems!
His mother is of course not the least interested in being 'released' as she once actually has fled from the life with her husband and Bernie, as the two became parents 'by mistake' and never seemed to have loved each other, not least visible later on in the film.
Both parents are however responsible for the fact that Bernie was thrown in the trash can and later on came to live in the orphanage, wherefore they morally share the same guilt for his tragedy.
After this 'heroic' rescue action the film goes on in an absurd way, not least as Bernie also meets a young woman who is a drug addict living with an old man who 'supports' her. Of course she also becomes implicated in Bernie's life and the triangular relation between him, his mother and father.
This is a very entertaining film also dealing with questions concerning responsibility, family relations and if genes actually are the best bond between parents and their children; 'impossible love', solidarity, confidence etc etc.
Everyone exploits everyone but in the end an underlying and deeper sense of closeness and love might be revealed - or not? At least the truth about Bernie's parents and their treatment of their son is revealed - if it's not a conspiracy?
It's an intelligent film and the actors are brilliant (Claude Perron, Roland Blanche, Hélène Vincent, Paul Le Person), not least Albert Dupontel himself as the main character Bernie. (Directed by Dupontel).
At the very age of 30 he decides to leave the relatively calm and safe orphanage in search of his parents. Not a day to early?
This 'mission' becomes somewhat complicated due to the fact that Bernie (Albert Dupontel) is extremely paranoid, creating his own world of horrors and persecution, leading to problems for all those who encounter him.
First of all he finds his father living in a dump as a homeless. This is though something Bernie interprets as a conspiracy against his father, not as the consequences of his own mistakes in life.
He takes care of him and they set out to find his mother, who nowadays lives a very good life, -at least economically - with a husband and children in a big house.
In 'releasing' his mother, Bernie and his father use the formers more violent methods. This as his only way to solve problems is by using physical force, it seems!
His mother is of course not the least interested in being 'released' as she once actually has fled from the life with her husband and Bernie, as the two became parents 'by mistake' and never seemed to have loved each other, not least visible later on in the film.
Both parents are however responsible for the fact that Bernie was thrown in the trash can and later on came to live in the orphanage, wherefore they morally share the same guilt for his tragedy.
After this 'heroic' rescue action the film goes on in an absurd way, not least as Bernie also meets a young woman who is a drug addict living with an old man who 'supports' her. Of course she also becomes implicated in Bernie's life and the triangular relation between him, his mother and father.
This is a very entertaining film also dealing with questions concerning responsibility, family relations and if genes actually are the best bond between parents and their children; 'impossible love', solidarity, confidence etc etc.
Everyone exploits everyone but in the end an underlying and deeper sense of closeness and love might be revealed - or not? At least the truth about Bernie's parents and their treatment of their son is revealed - if it's not a conspiracy?
It's an intelligent film and the actors are brilliant (Claude Perron, Roland Blanche, Hélène Vincent, Paul Le Person), not least Albert Dupontel himself as the main character Bernie. (Directed by Dupontel).
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