Potiche
RELEASE INFO
RELEASE DATE
10 November 2010
RUNNING TIME
1h43
BROADCASTER
Mars Films
CAST
Gérard Depardieu
Catherine Deneuve
Fabrice Luchini
Karin Viard
Jérémie Rénier
Judith Godrèche
SYNOPSIS
In a French bourgeois province in 1977, Suzanne is the submissive wife of rich industrialist Robert Pujol, who runs his umbrella factory with an iron hand and turns out to be just as nasty and tyrannical with his workers as he is with his mistress, children and trophy wife. After the workers go on strike and hold Robert captive, Suzanne ends up managing the factory, instead of her husband, who is disowned by the staff. Distressed and in poor health, Robert goes away for a while and, to the surprise of most, Suzanne proves to be an assertive woman of action. With the help of the communist deputy, her former lover Maurice Babin, she puts an end to the strike, gets the factory running again and improves the employees working conditions. But when Robert returns from his trip in good health, the situation gets complicated.
CREW
Directed by :
François Ozon
Adapted from :
Pierre Barillet et Jean-Pierre Grédy
Screenplay and dialogue :
François Ozon
FESTIVALS AND AWARDS
CÉSAR 2010
Nommée dans les catégories “Meilleure actrice”, “Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle”, “Meilleurs Costumes, “Meilleure adaptation”
MOSTRA DE VENISE 2010
Nommé Lion d’or et Grand prix du jury
BAFTA 2010
Nommé Meilleur film non anglophone François