A mother in India, a factory worker in Italy, and a lawyer in Canada: The Braid builds its narrative around three women who don’t know each other. France 2 airs this drama by Laetitia Colombani on Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 9:10 PM.
The director adapts her own novel here, preserving a structure that alternates between three trajectories. Smita fights to send her daughter to school and free her from the constraints imposed on her. Giulia discovers the family workshop’s financial troubles after her father’s accident. Sarah, poised for a promotion at her law firm, learns that she is ill.
The thread connecting their stories unfolds as each woman faces a turning point in her life. Mia Maelzer portrays Smita, Fotinì Peluso plays Giulia, and Kim Raver embodies Sarah. Released in France on November 29, 2023, the film thus transposes the same narrative across three countries, instead of bringing its heroines together in a single setting.
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