download Potiche movie hd
download Potiche movie hd
Potiche (roughly translated: Trophy Wife) made the festival rounds late last year prior to an international release concentrated in the European Union. To promote the March 25 domestic release, Music Box Films has released a new trailer and poster that suggest the film is vibrant, charming, and extraordinarily fun.
Catherine Deneuve stars as a 1977 housewife who “steps in to manage her wealthy and tyrannical husband (Fabrice Lucchini)’s umbrella factory after the workers go on strike and take him hostage.” Gérard Depardieu, Karin Viard, and Judith Godreche also star in Potiche, directed by François Ozon (Swimming Pool); Ozon’s script is loosely based on the 1980 play of the same name. Hit the jump for the trailer, poster, and full synopsis.
It’s a nice feeling sometimes to be fooled while watching a film. In fact, François Ozon’s “Potiche” had me laughing at its ineptitude before I figured out that I was the idiot who wasn’t getting the joke. After recovering from my initial embarrassment, I settled in and watched a thoroughly delightful and silly French comedy.
The setting is 1977, and we first see Suzanne Pujol (Catherine Deneuve) wandering a particularly lovely woodsy setting, sweetly cooing at the beauty of nature. The lovely wildlife and fauna give a feel of almost pure serenity. Adding in the absolutely serenely happy Deneuve made it feel almost too perfect. That mood continues as we see her at home, where she is the “perfect” housewife to Robert (Fabrice Luchini), a boorish and wealthy businessman that could not possibly be less likeable. To Robert, and just about everyone else, Suzanne is a potiche, which roughly translates as a decorative object. Robert cheats on her and is unbelievably uncaring about his wife, yet she smiles mindlessly through it all. One can’t help but have the impression that she is an idiot. An idiot, she ain’t.
Everything changes when the workers at the Pujol umbrella factory go on strike. Robert’s health takes a downturn and, unbelievably, Suzanne finds herself in charge of the factory temporarily. The incompetent Suzanne seems ill-equipped for the job but offers up countless surprises, some of which pertain to her personal life, as well. [ watch Potiche online ]
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