''Driving Madeleine'' (french: Une belle course) is a 2022 French-Belgian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Christian Carion Christian Carion (born 4 January 1963) is a French film director, dialogue writer and screenwriter, gaining international attention for '' Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas)'', which was nominated for several awards, including the 2005 Academy Award ...

Premise

The film stars Line Renaud as Madeleine, an elderly woman in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...

who is moving into a nursing home; en route, she asks taxi driver Charles (

Dany Boon Dany Boon (; born Daniel Farid Hamidou on 26 June 1966) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. Starting out as a comedian during the 1990s, he found success in 2008 as an actor and director in the film comedy ''Welcome to ...

) to detour to various locations around the city that have meant something to her in her life.

Cast

* Line Renaud as Madeleine *

as Charles *

Alice Isaaz Alice Isaaz (born 26 July 1991) is a French actress. She is known for her roles in the films '' The Gilded Cage'' (2013), '' La Crème de la crème'' (2014) and '' Les Yeux jaunes des crocodiles'' (2014). Filmography References External link ...

as Young Madeleine * Jérémie Laheurte as Ray * Gwendoline Hamon as Denise * Julie Delarme as Karine * Thomas Alden as Mathieu * Hadriel Roure as Young Mathieu

Production

The film entered production in spring 2021.

Release

The film premiered on 23 August 2022 at the

Angoulême Film Festival The Angoulême Francophone Film Festival (french: Festival du Film Francophone d'Angoulême, FFA) is an annual film festival held in Angoulême, France. It was founded by Dominique Besnehard in 2008 and has been held every year in December. It was ...

. It was also screened as a special presentation at the

2022 Toronto International Film Festival The 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, the 47th event in the Toronto International Film Festival series, is scheduled to be held from September 8 to 18, 2022. Festival organizers have indicated that the 2022 festival will be staged primar ...

, before going into commercial release on 21 September.

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* 2022 films 2022 drama films 2020s French-language films 2020s drama road movies French drama road movies Films about old age Films about taxis Films directed by Christian Carion Films set in Paris Films shot in Paris Pathé films 2020s French films {{2020s-France-film-stub