La Partie de Scrabble - Fred Duvaud

Ever played Scrabble?

Scrabble, you know it? We have all played it, willy-nilly, often on a Sunday and often with the family. An old game… and a game for old people, too? To occupy and soothe his mother, who suffers from a neurodegenerative disease and is suddenly alone, a son goes back "home" and suggests a game of Scrabble.

Little by little, as the grid fills up, a playful and intimate correspondence takes shape between the storytelling son and his retired speech therapist mother, in which the love of letters and fragments of a life make their way into the interlocking of words.

But what can be done when the illness increasingly intrudes on the game? Will they be able to see this "Partie de Scrabble" through to the end? This intimate and universal account traces the arduous path, yet one also marked by luminous and funny moments, of those who accompany them.