Driving Madeleine

Driving Madeleine

Madeleine, leaves small suburban to join a nursing home, on the other side of Paris. Charles, a taxi driver, comes to pick her and in no hurry to reach, she asks him to go through places of the capital, which have counted in her life.A seemingly simple taxi ride across Paris evolves into a profound meditation on the realities of the driver, whose personal life is in shambles, and his fare, an elderly woman whose warmth belies her shocking past. Charles (Dany Boon) is a taxi driver in Paris, and he is having a very bad day. Some pressing personal debts are due, he's in danger of losing his driver's license to numerous traffic infractions, and his marriage, like Charles himself, is strained to the point of snapping. A quick fare in the suburbs seems like an easy distraction. Enter Madeleine (Line Renaud), an immaculately groomed 92-year-old woman, who informs Charles that the trip today will not be a direct one. She is moving into a care home and would like to make some stops along the way, predicting that this might be her last car ride through the city. Initially exasperated and grumbling, Charles is slowly lured in by her warm charm and directness, fascinated by the stories she wants to tell. Their ride takes them through the momentous locations of her life and we discover that she has had a shocking and very dramatic journey indeed. Their short friendship is sure to have a lasting impact as Madeleine listens to Charles confess his own worries, all of which she absorbs with candor and clarifying humor. Boon, an actor best known for his comedic work, creates a dramatic portrait of a frustrated man facing a personal crisis of epic proportions. His darker, sharper edges allow Renaud (renowned for decades in France as a singer) to shine as the pure shimmering light that is Madeleine. She reminds us that inside every seemingly benign elderly woman we might pass on the street is a warrior, a nurturer, and a spirited adventurer.�Cohen Media Group

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Cast

Line Renaud

Line Renaud

Dany Boon

Dany Boon

Alice Isaaz

Alice Isaaz

J�r�mie Laheurte

J�r�mie Laheurte

Gwendoline Hamon

Gwendoline Hamon

Julie Delarme

Julie Delarme

Hadriel Roure

Hadriel Roure

Thomas Alden

Thomas Alden

Christophe Rossignon

Christophe Rossignon

Elie Kaempfen

Elie Kaempfen

Christian Carion

Christian Carion

L�onie Carion

L�onie Carion

Philippe Beautier

Philippe Beautier

Meryl Mourey

Meryl Mourey

Nadir Legrand

Nadir Legrand

Sylvie Audcoeur

Sylvie Audcoeur

Tom Hudson

Tom Hudson

Juliette Steimer

Juliette Steimer

Christian Mupondo

Christian Mupondo

Alexandra Mercouroff

Alexandra Mercouroff

Agathe L'Huillier

Agathe L'Huillier

Fr�d�ric Cherboeuf

Fr�d�ric Cherboeuf

Jacques Court�s

Jacques Court�s

J�r�me Dano

J�r�me Dano

Arthur Girard

Arthur Girard

Elvire Lestrade

Elvire Lestrade

Bertrand Ornano

Bertrand Ornano

Juliette Wiatr

Juliette Wiatr

Antonin Carion

Antonin Carion

Carl Lafor�t

Carl Lafor�t

Sylvie Valentini

Sylvie Valentini

Marie-Claude Ragon

Marie-Claude Ragon

Vincent Dauphin

Vincent Dauphin

Frederick Malahieude

Frederick Malahieude

Gilles Salle

Gilles Salle

Romy Milelli

Romy Milelli





Writer

Cyril Gely

Cyril Gely

Cyril Gely

Cyril Gely

Christian Carion

Christian Carion





Director

Christian Carion

Christian Carion

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