Directed by Thierry Klifa, The Richest Woman in the World is a comedy-drama featuring an all-star cast: Isabelle Huppert, Marina Foïs and Laurent Lafitte. Inspired by well-known events, the film sheds light on the complex relationships between power, inheritance and personal relationships. Presented out of competition at the Cannes 2025 Film Festival, it will then arrive in French cinemas.
The first trailer highlights the intimate confrontations and social tensions at the heart of the plot.
The Richest Woman in the World will be released in cinemas from October 29, 2025.
Synopsis: The richest woman in the world: her beauty, her intelligence, her power. A writer-photographer: his ambition, his insolence, his madness. The love at first sight that sweeps them off their feet. A suspicious heiress who fights to be loved. A watchful butler who knows more than he's saying. Family secrets. Astronomical donations. A war where no holds are barred.
The screenplay for La Femme la plus riche du Monde (The Richest Woman in the World) includes elements reminiscent of the Liliane Bettencourt story and the media controversy that surrounded it. The plot focuses on the relationship between a suspicious heiress and an ambitious writer-photographer, a character reminiscent of François-Marie Banier. These themes offer both an intimate and political look at the excesses of wealth and power struggles.
Isabelle Huppert plays the central role of the heiress. Marina Foïs plays her daughter, a key figure in the family conflict, while Laurent Lafitte plays the young artist who upsets this fragile balance. Thierry Klifa, who directs, worked with Cédric Anger on the screenplay, bringing a nuanced, dramatic approach to the story. All three are associated with a number of successful French films, giving the project a high profile.
The Richest Woman in the World could be of interest to viewers with a taste for psychological dramas, complex family stories and tales inspired by true events. Fans of films such as Elle (Paul Verhoeven) or La Vérité (Hirokazu Kore-eda), in which Isabelle Huppert already shone, may find similar themes. The film should also attract the attention of those who follow the films presented at Cannes, as well as fans of intrigues linked to power and wealth.
This feature-length film promises to be an intimate fresco about loneliness, ambition and the rivalries surrounding an immense fortune. Part family drama, part social critique, it combines charismatic characters, a high-society setting and an emotional thriller atmosphere. Starring Isabelle Huppert, the project follows in the footsteps of French auteur films that question the boundary between truth and fiction.
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