Patricia Mazuy is a regular at the Cannes Film Festival, where she presented her first feature, Peaux de vaches, in 1989. Her second film, Saint-Cyr, was subsequently selected in the Un Certain Regard section in 2000. It won the Prix de la Jeunesse in the French film category.
The French director returns to the Croisette with La Prisonnière de Bordeaux, selected for the Cinéastes Fortnight 2024. The cast includes our favorite leading duo: Isabelle Huppert and Hafsia Herzi.
Alma, alone in her big city house, and Mina, a young mother in a distant suburb, have organized their lives around the absence of their two husbands who are detained in the same place. On the occasion of a visiting room, the two women meet and embark on a friendship that is as unlikely as it is tumultuous.
Opinion of the Quinzaine des Cinéastes: "As a counterpoint to Bowling Saturne, Patricia Mazuy signs a film of female emancipation and sisterhood against a backdrop of class relations. In the lead roles, Isabelle Huppert and Hafsia Herzi form a wonderfully effective pair, united by a shared desire to put the past behind them and free themselves from male domination. Without Manicheism or half-heartedness."
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Films selected for the Directors' Fortnight
Now it's the Quinzaine des Cinéastes' turn to unveil its 2024 selection, to be screened from May 15 to 25 during the Cannes Film Festival 2024. The 56th edition of this independent film event features 30 singular films that resist the dominant ideology. [Read more]
The Cannes Film Festival returns to the Croisette for its 77th edition from May 14 to 25, 2024. Click here for all the latest news and information! [Read more]
Cannes Film Festival 2024: Films selected for the Directors' Fortnight
Cannes Festival 2024: The latest news and information about the 77th edition
