Jacky au royaume des filles (2014)
Directed by Riad Sattouf

Comedy
aka: Jacky in Women's Kingdom

Film Synopsis

In the people's republic of Bubunne, it is the women who hold the reins of power, doing all the important jobs whilst the men dutifully stay at home to serve their career-oriented wives.  Jacky is one member of the downtrodden sex, a boy of twenty who dreams the impossible dream of marrying the daughter of his country's female dictator.  When the latter arranges a ball to find a suitable husband for her daughter, Jacky's dreams of happiness appear thwarted by his step family...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Riad Sattouf
  • Script: Riad Sattouf
  • Cinematographer: Josée Deshaies
  • Cast: Vincent Lacoste (Jacky), Charlotte Gainsbourg (La colonelle), Didier Bourdon (Brunu), Anémone (La générale), Valérie Bonneton (La chérife), Michel Hazanavicius (Julin), Noémie Lvovsky (Tata), Laure Marsac (La mère), Emmanuelle Devos (Speakerine), Ida Fevrier (Zizi), William Lebghil (Vergio), Avi Liani (Stranger), Anthony Sonigo
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 90 min
  • Aka: Jacky in Women's Kingdom

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