La Fille Prodigue (1981)

A young woman (Jane Birkin) suffering from depression and on the verge of a nervous breakdown leaves her husband (Rene Feret) and returns home. She discovers her father (Michel Piccoli) has taken a mistress (Eva Renzi) and when her mother (Natasha Parry) leaves to be by her other daughter's (Audrey Matson) side for the birth of their first grandchild, she confronts her father about her incestuous feelings toward him. Directed by Jacques Doillon (PONETTE), this film was never released in the U.S. and it's easy to see why. As a film subject, incest is an uncomfortable and disturbing subject and as presented here, it's downright creepy. Birkin's daughter is obviously disturbed and one wonders why no one is trying to get help for her. Instead, they indulge her self destructive behavior as she alienates almost everyone around her. Her father appears complicit in her breakdown as there appears to have been abuse as a child, certainly physically but an implication of possible sexual abuse too. It's an awkward sit but the acting is very good.