Sinopsis
Agathe Villanova, a local political candidate, returns to her hometown for a few days to take a break and to help Florence, her sister, sort through their recently deceased mother’s belongings. Karim, the son of the Algerian housekeeper, Mimouna, tries to interview Agathe for a documentary on successful women he’s undertaken with his friend Michel Ronsard. All kinds of misadventures will occur as a mean to deal with the subject of humiliation and submissive relationships.
French actress, screenwriter, director and singer. As an actress, she received the César for best actress in a supporting role in 1998. She has had roles in more than 25 cinema films between 1983 and 2022. She has directed five films: Le Goût des autres (2000); Comme une image ( 2004); Parlez-moi de la pluie (2008); Au bout du conte (2013) and Place publique (2018). She writes in collaboration with Jean-Pierre Bacri, actor and director. She has written two plays: Cuisine et dépendances and Un air de famille.
Photograph © Philippe Queisse / Unifrance
Institut français de Madrid
French director: Agnès Jaoui
Year of production: 2008
Duration: 1h 38m
Country: France
Language: French
Director: Agnes Jaoui
Cast: Agnès Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jamel Debbouze, Pascale Arbillot, Guillaume de Tonquédec, Frédéric Pierrot, Mimouna Hadji, Florence Loiret-Caille and Anne Werner.
Production: Jean-Philippe Andraca and Christian Bérard
Cinematographer: David Quesemand
Production companies: Les Films A4, France 2 Cinéma, StudioCanal, Canal +, StudioCanal
Selected at the Rome Festival
