Demented

Its summer and the beginning of the long vacation period for elevenyearold Martin who lives on a farm and at a loss observes his familys disintegration his mother lives lockedup in her room his older brother who he adores drowns himself in drink and his father dominated by Martins grandmother is a helpless onlooker to the familys collapse Although Mistigri his cat and Malika the Moroccan maid afford him some comfort Martin is determined to put an end to this confusion