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French | Une belle course |
Directed by | Christian Carion |
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Cinematography | Pierre Cottereau |
Edited by | Loïc Lallemand |
Music by | Philippe Rombi |
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Distributed by | Pathé |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
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Language | French |
Box office | $5.5 million [1] |
Driving Madeleine (French : Une belle course) is a 2022 French-Belgian drama film directed by Christian Carion. [2]
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.
The film entered production in mid-2021. [3]
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.
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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