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112 votes
“The fate of a woman.”
An unhappily married woman struggles to break free from social pressures and her boring suburban setting.
Status
Released
Original Language
FR
Budget
$12,700,000
Revenue
$4,408,087

On election night in 1981, celebrations spill out onto the street and there is an air of hope and change throughout Paris. But for Elisabeth, her marriage is coming to an end and she will now have to support herself and her two teenage children. She finds work at a late-night radio show and encounters a troubled teenager named Talulah whom she invites into her home.


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