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Laetitia Masson’s Ulysse Chronicles an Eighteen‑Year Mother‑Son Caregiving Journey

The autobiographical film casts the director’s real-life son in the lead to expose long waits and a shortage of places in France’s disability services.

Overview

  • Le Parisien praised the film and gave it a 4.5 out of 5 rating while noting the movie has reached French cinemas.
  • Ulysse compresses eighteen years of a mother named Alice raising a son diagnosed with a genetic syndrome into a 1 hour 37 minute comédie dramatique.
  • Masson cast her son Alphonse to play Ulysse from adolescence, a choice reviewers say sharpens the film’s autobiographical feel and emotional honesty.
  • The story shows the mother repeatedly searching for new specialists and suitable institutions and confronting bureaucratic acronyms, long waits, and a lack of places for young people with disabilities.
  • Beyond the intimate family portrait the film highlights a social question that could push public attention toward how French disability services plan for young adults and their caregivers.