Laurence César

In this frothy comedy, Lucie never knew her father, but she somehow finds out he has recently died and is to be buried on a certain day at a certain cemetary. In a belated attempt to connect with her roots, she rushes to the cemetary and joins a funeral gathering. She gets to know the people at the ceremony and is soon embroiled in an art smuggling scheme and has some (probably incestuous) romantic feelings for a young man she believes may be her brother. Eventually she finds out that she went to the wrong part of the cemetary and that these people are not her kin.

La Carte postale débute bien évidemment autour d'une carte. Postée aux Antilles, elle est adressée par un père à son fils. On saisit rapidement que la mère et son enfant s'apprêtent à partir pour la messe des funérailles du père en question. Fort de sa certitude en la vie et la bonne santé de son papa, le garçon refusera de croire que le cercueil est occupé et, indifférent au climat solennel du moment, il s'inquiétera d'une jeune femme qui se tient à l'écart du cortège.