DRIVING MADELEINE
| 2024 – 91′ – Drama, Comedy
Written by: Cyril Gely, Christian Carion.
Directed by: Christian Carion.
Starring: Line Renaud, Dany Boon, Alice Isaaz, Jerémie Laheurte, Gwendoline Hamon.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Festival, Angouleme Film Festival (Opening film).
In French with English subtitles.
A Cohen Media Group film release. |
A seemingly simple taxi ride across Paris evolves into a profound meditation on the realities of the driver, whose personal life is in shambles, and his fare, an elderly woman whose warmth belies her shocking past. Charles (Dany Boon) is a taxi driver in Paris, and he is having a very bad day. Some pressing personal debts are due, he’s in danger of losing his driver’s license to numerous traffic infractions, and his marriage, like Charles himself, is strained to the point of snapping. A quick fare in the suburbs seems like an easy distraction. Enter Madeleine (Line Renaud), an immaculately groomed 92-year-old woman, who informs Charles that the trip today will not be a direct one.