Normal

14-year-old Lucie is a resourceful teenager who takes care of her loving yet unreliable father, William, who has multiple sclerosis. Whilst William hangs out in his wardrobe and devises pranks and jokes to make his daughter smile, Lucie tries her best at school while juggling a job in a sandwich shop and all the chores at home. Her vividly imaginative mind and the novel she is writing are her only distractions. But when a social worker is appointed to visit them, Lucie and William elaborate a complex plan to make social services believe they live a perfectly normal life.

Keywords

  • Benoît Poelvoorde
  • Cine-Short: 90 Minutes of cinema
  • Family business
  • Family Relationships: Fathers and Daughters

Actors

  • Justine Lacroix
  • Benoît Poelvoorde
  • Steve Tientcheu
  • Pablo Pauly
  • Sofian Khammes

Director

  • Olivier Babinet

Drama, Comedy


1h 23min


-12

FR

France
2023
Lucie is 14 and has a vivid imagination. She lives alone with her father, who spends his days hanging around the house in his robe.

Lucie is 14 and has a vivid imagination. She lives alone with her father, who spends his days hanging around the house in his robe.


14-year-old Lucie is a resourceful teenager who takes care of her loving yet unreliable father, William, who has multiple sclerosis. Whilst William hangs out in his wardrobe and devises pranks and jokes to make his daughter smile, Lucie tries her best at school while juggling a job in a sandwich shop and all the chores at home. Her vividly imaginative mind and the novel she is writing are her only distractions. But when a social worker is appointed to visit them, Lucie and William elaborate a complex plan to make social services believe they live a perfectly normal life.

Cast & Crew