Driving Madeleine

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Driving Madeleine
French Une belle course
Directed by Christian Carion
Written by
  • Christian Carion
  • Cyril Gély
Produced by
  • Christian Carion
  • Laure Irrmann
Starring
Cinematography Pierre Cottereau
Edited byLoïc Lallemand
Music by Philippe Rombi
Production
companies
Distributed by Pathé
Release dates
  • 23 August 2022 (2022-08-23)(FFA)
  • 21 September 2022 (2022-09-21)(France)
Running time
91 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • Belgium
LanguageFrench
Box office$5.5 million [1]

Driving Madeleine (French : Une belle course) is a 2022 French-Belgian drama film directed by Christian Carion. [2]

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Premise

The film stars Line Renaud as Madeleine, an elderly Parisian woman, who is moving into a nursing home; en route, she asks taxi driver Charles (Dany Boon) to detour to various locations around the city that have meant something to her in her life.

Cast

Production

The film entered production in mid-2021. [3]

Release

The film premiered on August 23, 2022 at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival. [4] It was also screened as a special presentation at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, [5] before going into commercial release on September 21. The film was released theatrically in the United States on January 12, 2024 by Cohen Media Group.

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 96% of 23 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.2/10. [6]

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References

  1. "Driving Madeleine (2022)". Box Office Mojo . IMDb . Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  2. "Line Renaud et Dany Boon à nouveau réunis dans un film qui sortira en septembre". La Voix du Nord . 20 June 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. "Premier clap pour les retrouvailles de Line Renaud et Dany Boon au cinéma". La Voix du Nord . 28 May 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  4. Baronnet, Brigitte (6 July 2022). "Festival Angoulême 2022 : Dany Boon et Line Renaud en ouverture et plus de 50 films francophones à découvrir". AlloCiné . Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  5. Kay, Jeremy (28 July 2022). "Stephen Frears, Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence films among Toronto galas, special presentations". Screen Daily . Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  6. "Driving Madeleine". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved January 12, 2024. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg