North(1992)

North is a dark family drama set in Northern France that explores the dysfunction lurking beneath an ordinary household. The father, a pharmacist, is a volatile drunk whose abuse poisons the family dynamic. The mother battles pill addiction while nursing an inappropriate obsession with her son. The son escapes into truancy and fishing, seeking refuge from the toxicity at home. The daughter, living with a mental disability, remains caught in the crossfire. The film unflinches in its portrayal of how addiction, psychological damage, and unspoken desires corrode family bonds, creating a portrait of lives fractured by circumstance and choice.