La Taularde (2015)
Directed by Audrey Estrougo

Drama
aka: Jailbirds

Film Synopsis

When her partner kills someone, Mathilde, a schoolteacher, allows herself to be arrested in his place so that he can escape.  Her son Adrien can make no sense of her behaviour and her lawyer, Nadège Rutter, assures her that unless she cooperates with the police she is likely to remain in prison for a long time.  Mathilde keeps her silence and ends up sharing a prison cell with another woman who has been ill-treated by life.  The weeks pass, but still she has no news of the man she loves.  Now, guilty or not, she is just a convict like all the rest, and must learn to make the best of the predicament she has created for herself...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Audrey Estrougo
  • Script: Agnès Caffin, Audrey Estrougo
  • Photo: Guillaume Schiffman
  • Cast: Sophie Marceau (Mathilde Leroy), Marie-Sohna Conde (Elise Schoelcher), Marie Denarnaud (Léa), Carole Franck (Babette, dite Ma Tante), Eye Haidara (Nato Kanté), Anne Coesens (Noémie, la médecin), Pauline Burlet (Jeanne), Julie Gayet (Maître Nadège Rutter), Aurore Broutin (Safia Dakro), Anne Le Ny (Marthe Brunet), Suzanne Clément (Anita Lopes), Nailia Harzoune (Linda Plancher), Naidra Ayadi (Robocop), Benjamin Siksou (Adrien Leroy), Nicolas Gob (Marcus, le coach), Alice Belaïdi (Samira Belhadj), Geneviève Mulenge (Fafa), Lionel Monier (Le greffier), Nina Kubuanda (Le plombier), Caroline Alaoui (Surveillante parloir)
  • Country: France / Belgium
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 98 min
  • Aka: Jailbirds

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