Tatie Danielle

Tatie Danielle
File:Tatie Danielle.jpg
Directed by	Étienne Chatiliez
Produced by	Charles Gassot
Written by	Florence Quentin Étienne Chatiliez
Starring	Tsilla Chelton Catherine Jacob Éric Prat
Music by	Gabriel Yared Gérard Kawczynski
Cinematography	Philippe Welt
Edited by	Catherine Renault
Release dates	1990 (1990)
Running time	114 min.
Country	France
Language	English / French
Box office	$16,740,596

Tatie Danielle (Auntie Danielle) is a 1990 French black humor film directed by Étienne Chatiliez. It features Tsilla Chelton as Auntie Danielle Billard.

Tagline

"Vous ne la connaissez pas encore, mais elle vous déteste déjà." – "You may not know her yet, but she hates you already."

Plot

Danielle Billard, aged 82, is a childless widow of an army colonel. She lives in a small-town home in Auxerre with her faithful housekeeper, Odile. Quiet life? Things are not as they appear. Danielle is mean, cruel and malicious. When Odile "accidentally" dies, Danielle divides her estate between her grand-niece and grand-nephew, Jeanne and Jean-Pierre. She then goes to live in Paris with Jean-Pierre and his family. Although the family believes her to be an agreeable elderly lady, they soon discover her true colours!

The family goes on an extended vacation leaving their aunt in the care of a young woman, Sandrine. Little does Danielle know, she has finally met her match! Through many turbulent episodes these two women develop an ostensibly mutual love-hate "respect".

Cast

Actor	Role
Tsilla Chelton	Auntie Danielle Billard
Éric Prat	Jean-Pierre Billard, Auntie Danielle's great-nephew
Catherine Jacob	Catherine Billard, Jean-Pierre's wife
Neige Dolsky	Odile, Auntie Danielle's old housekeeper
Laurence Février	Jeanne Billard, Auntie Danielle's great-niece and Jean-Pierre's sister
Mathieu Foulon	Jean-Marie Billard, Jean-Pierre and Catherine's son
Gary Ledoux	Jean-Christophe "Totoff" Billard, Jean-Pierre and Catherine's son
Isabelle Nanty	Sandrine Vonnier, Auntie Danielle's caretaker
Virginie Pradal	Madame Lafosse
Jacqueline Dufranne	Madame Ladurie
Dominique MacAvoy	Madame Lemoine
Karin Viard	Agathe, an esthetician
Monique Pantel	A neighbor
Bradley Harryman	Michael, Sandrine's boyfriend
Madeleine Cheminat	Madame Mauprivet
Nicole Chollet	Ginette Mauprivet, her daughter
André Wilms	Dr. Wilms
Olivier Saladin	The Butcher
Lorella Cravotta	The Butcher's wife
Patrick Bouchitey	The beggar
Évelyne Didi	The lady on the bus
Frédéric Rossif	The man by the lake
Jean-Pierre Miquel	The doctor
Christophe Malbranque	Jean-Marie's boyfriend

Awards and nominations

Tatie Danielle was nominated for three César Awards:

• 1991 César Award for Best Actress nomination: Tsilla Chelton
• 1991 César Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination: Catherine Jacob
• 1991 César Award for Most Promising Actress nomination: Isabelle Nanty

External links

• Tatie Danielle at IMDb
• Tatie Danielle at AllMovie