Potiche

Movie: Potiche

Genre: drama

Synopsis: French movie with English subtitles, takes place in the late 1970’s.  Suzanne Pujol (Catherine Deneuve) is the wife of prominent businessman Robert Pujol (Fabrice Luchini).  Robert’s prominence comes from the umbrella factory he runs and is majority owner of, thanks to Suzanne’s father’s will.  When disgruntled factory workers take Robert hostage, Suzanne steps in to try and patch things up.  Suzanne does an amazing job, but then her husband wants his job back.  The situation is further complicated by her ex-lover, the local union head played by Gérard Depardieu.

My two cents: I was quite disappointed by this movie. The previews were a bit misleading – not unusual, I know.  The whole movie just felt kind of amateurish to me.  I think if it was an American release in English (no subtitles) it would be a flop.

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