Foreign Film Showing

For March, we will watch Potiche (Trophy Wife) (2011— France). All movies have English subtitles. Screenings begin at 2:00 p.m. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library Chevy Chase Chapter.

Join us for screenings of a variety of films from around the world. The film is typically shown the first Saturday of each month. Location: Lower Level Meeting Room

*Sponsored by the Friends of the Library Chevy Chase Chapter.*

Movie Synopsis (MCPL's Kanopy Excerpt):

In Potiche, it's 1977 and women's liberation is in the air but Suzanne (Catherine Deneuve) is still the self-effacing, elegant housewife of wealthy industrialist Robert Pujol (Fabrice Luchini).

Pujol oversees his umbrella factory with an iron fist and is equally tyrannical with his children and & trophy housewife; When the workers go on strike and take Robert hostage, Suzanne steps in to manage the factory. To everyone's surprise, she proves herself a competent and assertive woman of action. Her new role throws her back in touch with union leader Gerard Depardieu, a romantic fling from the past that still has sparks. When Robert returns from a restful cruise looking to reassert himself, things get complicated. Directed with superb style by Francois Ozon ("Swimming Pool") and based on the popular 1970's French stage play by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy (Cactus Flower).

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