Potiche
The sly ‘Potiche’ is François Ozon’s most successful film to date...a perfect vehicle for Catherine Deneuve.
Potiche
Based on a stage play set in a provincial French town in the 1970s, writer/director François Ozon's newest film stars Catherine Deneuve as Suzanne Pujol, a submissive and housebound 'trophy housewife' (or "potiche") who steps in to manage the umbrella factory of her wealthy husband (Fabrice Luchini) after the workers go on strike and take their tyrannical boss hostage. To everyone's surprise, Suzanne proves herself a competent and assertive woman of action, and it is only a matter of time before she runs into a former union leader and ex-beau (Gérard Depardieu) who still holds a flame for her. But when her husband returns to the factory, rested and in top form, things get complicated.
Genre
Comedy
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Runtime
103
Language
French
Director
François Ozon
Cast
Gérard Depardieu,
Karin Viard,
Judith Godrèche,
Jérémie Renier
FEATURED REVIEW
Karina Longworth, Village Voice
The opening title card of François Ozon’s 1977-set Potiche seems to take design inspiration from the exploitation films of that period—a sneaky-smart way of nodding to one of this pastel-colored political farce’s key topics, if not its stylistic mode. As Suzanne, Catherine Deneuve plays the title ...
Played at
Town Center 5 3.25.11 - 4.21.11
Playhouse 7 3.25.11 - 4.28.11
Monica Film Center 4.08.11 - 4.21.11
Lumiere Music Hall 4.22.11 - 4.28.11
Claremont 5 4.29.11 - 5.05.11
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