President's Wife
Delivers an entertaining ride, filled with memorable moments and Deneuve at her charismatic best.
-- James Croot, The Post NZ
The President's Wife
Long the woman-behind-the-man, Bernadette Chirac (Catherine Deneuve) arrives at the presidential Elysée Palace in 1995 frustrated and all but cast off by her newly elected husband, Jacques (Michel Vuillermoz). In Léa Domenach's whip-smart feature film debut based on true events, Madame Chirac's rise from invisible political spouse to major media figure—as calculated as it was inevitable—is chronicled with equal parts reverence and wit, driven by Deneuve's wryly memorable central performance. A Toronto Film Festival World Premiere.
Genre
Comedy,
Satire,
Feminism,
French Cinema,
Women and Film
Runtime
92
Language
French
Director
Léa Domenach
Writer(s)
Clémence Dargent,
Léa Domenach
Cast
Catherine Deneuve,
Denis Podalydès,
Michel Vuillermoz,
Sara Giraudeau