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La prisonnière de Bordeaux
2024 | Color | 108:00

Two women cross paths in the waiting room of a prison where each has come to visit “her man.” One is wealthy; the other works hard to feed her two children. The former, who lives much closer to the prison, offers the latter a room in her large house. Is this a friendship, a romance, a pact? The film follows the unlikely pair, their dreams of female emancipation, and the repercussions of the gulf between them.


Country: Francia
Direction: Mazuy; Patricia
Script: Boudet; François, Mallet; Jean, Vidal; Nathalie
Production: Girard; Alice, Pieche; Xavier, Weil; Edouard
Photography: Beaufils; Simon
Sound: Boudet; François, Mallet; Jean, Vidal; Nathalie
Music: Bouhafa; Amine
Cast:Huppert; Isabelle, Herzi; Hafsia, Elasri; Noor, Guerre Souye; Jean, Edimo; William
Art direction: Maloine; Dorian
Participation year at FICM: 2024

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