After forty years of oblivion, a brother returns to the cine-tir to seek the memory of his sister, who committed suicide when she was 28. He comes to pay his respects at the family vault, where there is no tombstone bearing the name of the deceased; she is like an intruder. It’s a time of questioning he had never allowed himself. After looking away for so long, how can he return to the woman who took her own life without feeling crushed by guilt?
Jean-Michel Mestres takes us on an exploration of their 1970s childhood. Without pathos, he digs deep into his memory: rediscovering Florence’s features, her sometimes mischievous, sometimes serious air.
Continuez sans moi is an intimate investigation, a thread the author unwinds to break the silence in which his entire family remains locked.
