Victoire is thirty but she still hasn't decided what to do with her life.
Her brother has grown up ahead of her and become famous and successful, whilst
she has remained the perpetual adolescent. She can't even go through
with her marriage. Instead, she returns back to the family nest and
carries on as before, much to the chagrin of her parents. But now Victoire
has made up her mind to change, to become a fully liberated individual.
Her mother appears pleased with her daughter's transformation into a sexually
uninhibited rock singer, but her father and brother aren't quite so enthusiastic...
Cast: Victoria Bedos (Victoire),
Chantal Lauby (Nicole),
François Berléand (Albert),
Jonathan Cohen (Tim),
Olivier Urvoy de Closmadeuc (Banjo),
Benjamin Biolay (Moy),
Fabrice Colson (Employé des pompes funèbres),
Thierry Perkins-Lyautey (Manager),
Sonia Rugraff (Ouvreuse)
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 90 min
The greatest French Films of all time
With so many great films to choose from, it's nigh on impossible to compile a short-list of the best 15 French films of all time - but here's our feeble attempt to do just that.
In the 1940s, the shadowy, skewed visual style of 1920s German expressionism was taken up by directors of American thrillers and psychological dramas, creating that distinctive film noir look.