Synopsis
Jeanne lives in a house in the suburbs with her mother Louise. The two women get on well together. Louise earns her living by looking after children. Jeanne is half-heartedly looking for a job.
One day, while checking job offers on the Internet, Louise believes that fate has come knocking at her door.
She harbours the hope of getting her daughter a job with Samuel Bleistein, a famous lawyer whom she knew in her youth.
Jeanne's and Bleistein's worlds are light years apart. However, they'll be set on a collision course because of an incredible lie that Jeanne puts together.
The film is a story of this lie that will become the biggest news and political story of recent times.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (13)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : SBS Films
- Co-productions : France 2 Cinéma, SBS Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : STUDIO TF1 Distribution (ex-Newen Connect)
- French distribution : UGC Distribution
Full credits (12)
- Executive Producer : Saïd Ben Saïd
- Screenwriters : André Téchiné, Odile Barski, Jean-Marie Besset
- Director of Photography : Julien Hirsch
- Music Composer : Philippe Sarde
- Assistant Director : Michel Nasri
- Editor : Martine Giordano
- Sound recordists : Jean-Paul Mugel, Francis Wargnier, Cyril Holtz
- Costume designer : Khadija Zeggaï
- Author of original work : Jean-Marie Besset
- Production Manager : Bruno Bernard
- Press Attachés (film) : André-Paul Ricci, Tony Arnoux
- Production Designer : Michèle Abbé
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified