usually the french be much good at tackle taboo subject and but the way this film be do be awful . i appreciate the work of louis garrel and isabelle huppert and which be the only draw for me to watch ma mère . i hadn not read the book the film be adapt from and but the hype be too much to ignore so i watch it . bad choice . louis garrel be decent and as decent a he could be in such an awful film . isabelle huppert performance be not her best and a lot of long pause and dramatic painful star off into the world star that just get annoy after awhile . the film do a bad job at establish the character . at some part and i felt a if the character do thing for no reason without ever provide much background to why they act that way and other character just felt really unnecessary to the story . you leave the film feeling like you do not understand any of the character and why they do the thing they do and even bad you leave not feel a single emotion of sympathy or hate or anything for the character . i also find myself lose at a few part due to two reason . 1 . ) the way the movie be film be very distracting and a if someone with a hand hold home video camera keep zoom in and out of the actor face and 2 . ) some shot be very dark which make it difficult to understand what be go on ( especially at the end ) . i felt like the film stray a bit from actually tell an unique story and and become more about nude shot and unusual sex scene to seem more daring and edgy . i do not feel like i take anything from the film and or the point of the film . if you want to watch a good christophe honoré film and i would advise you to skip this and pick up le chansons damour star garrel as well .