Potiche

• Catherine Deneuve: Suzanne Pujol
• Gérard Depardieu: Maurice Babin
• Fabrice Luchini: Robert Pujol
• Karin Viard: Nadège
• Judith Godrèche: Joëlle Pujol
• Jérémie Renier: Laurent Pujol
• Sergi López: Spanish long-distance drivers
• Évelyne Dandry: Geneviève Michonneau
• Bruno Lochet: André Ferron
• Elodie Frégé: Suzanne Young
• Gautier About: young Maurice
• Jean -Baptiste Shelmerdine: young Robert
• Noam Charlier: Flavien
• Martin De Myttenaere: Stanislas
• Yannick Schmitz: Jean -François
• Christine Desodt: Pilar Sanchez
• Jean -Louis Leclercq: doctor
• Alexandre Chaidron: Journalist
• Anne Carpriau: Mme Gilberte Pacot
• Nathalie Laroche: Girlfriend of Nadège

Potiche ( Original title: Potiche ). 's A French comedy film directed by François Ozon, starring Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu in the year 2010 as a literary model used was the stage play Potiche (1980 ) by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy.

Action

The fictional town of Sainte -Gudule 1977: Suzanne Pujol is a housewife and mother. When she's not cooking, she likes to go jogging and writes poetry. Her husband Robert, meanwhile, leads his umbrella factory with an iron hand. Not just at work, but also private, Robert proves to be selfish macho, who no longer sees itself as a decorative piece of jewelry in his wife. In addition, he is cheating with his secretary Suzanne Nadège. Daughter Joëlle, which itself already has two children, does not want to end up like her mother. She has decided to leave her husband and take a job in the factory. Son Laurent wants the other hand, prefer to be active as an artist, instead of one day becoming head of the factory.

When the workers of the factory demanding more money and begin to strike, Suzanne studied at the Communist mayor Maurice Babin. They once had an affair and now he will help her to end the strike. As Robert Babin confronted to have done at company expense an expensive car and other luxury goods, Robert suffers a heart attack. Babin persuaded then Suzanne, to take over the management of the factory and negotiate with the workers. Through its diplomatic and friendly manner succeeds Suzanne to calm the workers and to bring production back on track. In particular, the rather passive Laurent his mother supported his might. Inspired by his favorite artist Wassily Kandinsky, he designed new patterns for the umbrellas. With his ideas and Suzanne's respectful, but efficient management style, the company makes more profit than ever.

Suzanne and Babin go one evening to dance. They reminisce and Babin hopes Suzanne will leave her husband and live with him from now on. Suzanne wants to not engage in it and gives him a kiss to comfort. When Robert has recovered from his heart attack, he wants to take over the control of the factory again. However, Suzanne refuses to fall back into their old behavior patterns. Together with her sister, her children and others they have more shares in the factory as Robert. Also secretary Nadège adjusts to Suzanne's side, but Robert had never so respected as Suzanne.

After Robert has learned from Suzanne that Laurent is not his son, he believes, Babin was the real father. Robert studied at Babin and want to blackmail him with the illegitimate son. However, Babin is rather happy to be made ​​aware. He drives with Suzanne to a lake, where these pure him pouring wine. Laurent originated not from him, but most likely by a notary, with whom she also once had an affair. Babin is very disappointed and leaves her alone in the wilderness. First, walk, and then hitchhiked Suzanne finally returns back home.

Robert could meanwhile Joëlle convince them to give him their shares, after which he again takes the lead. Opposite her mother confesses Joëlle that her father had promised for their units to set her husband. She was pregnant again and did not want to get divorced longer. Also Suzanne prefers ultimately to stay married to Robert. Through their newfound independence, however, she feels encouraged to go into politics. As a competitor of Babin she finally gets a seat in parliament in the National Assembly in Paris.

Background

The French word " potiche " means " Porcelain ", but is also used for housewives who get allocated only a decorative function by their husbands. The literary model, the stage play by Pierre Potiche Barillet and Jean -Pierre Gredy, was premiered in 1980. In a theater production from 1982 Danielle Darrieux already had played the role of Suzanne Pujol, the Catherine Deneuve in François Ozon's film adaptation took over. The shooting for the film took place from October to December 2009 in Belgium instead, where served as venues among others, the Place de la Vaillance in Anderlecht and the Lac du Ri Jaune in Cerfontaine.

Director ozone plays with the umbrella factory in his film to Jacques Demy's aware of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg ( Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, 1964) to, with the Catherine Deneuve once managed their breakthrough. The views expressed by Fabrice Luchini as a tyrannical husband set his striking workers against - "If they want more money, they should also work more. " - Comes in the original French verbatim from France 's former President Nicolas Sarkozy, making ozone deliberately draws parallels to the Sarkozy government.

4 September 2010 saw Potiche its acclaimed premiere at the 67th International Film Festival in Venice, where the film was competing for the Golden Lion. Also at the Toronto International Film Festival, the film was celebrated nine days later. In France, the comedy came on 10 November 2010 in the cinemas and was two weeks at number one at the box office. In Germany the film on March 24, 2011 was issued.

Reviews

The lexicon of the International film called The jewel as " relish working with excesses emancipation comedy". It is " as a gracious tribute, classic ' American and French film - musical" designed, " but also by the targeting on the present political bite on their nostalgic qualities " could convince. January Schulz- Ojala was the Tagesspiegel, the film has " everything a good comedy needs: pace, dialogue wit, surprises and a lot of desire for dramatic exaggeration, in which even less comfortable truths flashed only right." World According to Peter Zander of the " a director Madame Deneuve [n ] och never [ ... ] so physically challenged " have. Ozone had a " a little fussy - slapstick [e ] Posse " with " many [n ] peaks against the Sarkozy government " staged. This " prove alleged clowning as liberation fantasy."

According to Daniel Kothenschulte of the Berliner Zeitung, the film was " entirely devoted to the great Catherine Deneuve ". They dominate " the film as well as the undisputed head of the company". They represent " a so- popular feminism, as Mary Poppins would have allied with the suffragettes ." At the Lido it was celebrated entirely deserved " for its full range of uniqueness ".

Awards

In addition to the invitation to the competition for the Golden Lion at the Film Festival in Venice followed in 2011 nominated for the Audience Award at the European Film Awards, for the Nastro d' Argento for Best European Director ( François Ozon ), for the Prix Lumière for Best Actress ( Catherine Deneuve ) and for the César in the categories of Best Actress ( Catherine Deneuve ), Best Supporting Actress (Karin Viard ), Best Adapted screenplay and Best Costumes.

The German Film and Media Review gave the film the title " particularly valuable ". 2012, the film received a nomination for the BAFTA Film Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but lost Pedro Almodóvar's film The skin in which I live.

German version

The German synchronous processing was made for the first publication in German cinema (March 24, 2011). Catherine Deneuve was synchronized as in ozone film 8 Women of Senta Berger.