LA VOLANTE

THE ASSISTANT

By Christophe ALI, Nicolas BONILAURI

CINEMA DEFACTO - as PROD

Drama - Completed 2014

As Thomas, takes his wife to the maternity, he strucks and kills a young boy on the road. Marie France, the mother of the latter, is unable to recover from the tragedy. Eight years later, she becomes Thomas's personal assistant and interfers dangerousely in his personal and professional life.

Festivals
& Awards

Champs Elysées Film Festival 2015
Angouleme 2015
    • Year of production
    • 2014
    • Genres
    • Drama, Thriller
    • Countries
    • FRANCE, BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG
    • Languages
    • FRENCH
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 82 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Christophe ALI, Nicolas BONILAURI
    • Writer(s)
    • Christophe ALI, Jacques SOTTY, Nicolas BONILAURI
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/B252-CBFA-B7C7-9A31-2308-3
    • Producer(s)
    • Tom DERCOURT (Cinémadefacto), Donato ROTUNNO (Tarantula), Stéphane QUINET (Artemis)
    • Synopsis
    • Thomas , 27, is driving his pregnant wife, Audrey, to the emergency room in the middle of the night. On the way, they hit a young man and fatally injure him . At the hospital, his son Leo is born while a few meters away, Marie- France , the mother of the young man is told that her son has passed away.

      Eight years later, she is hired as a 'mobile' secretary in the administrative department of Thomas', who is unaware of their shared past . Clever and manipulative, she quickly learns how to make herself essential, both professionally and personally.

      No one seems to suspect this kind and charismatic woman. Nobody except Leo,puzzled by Marie-France's motherly attitude. Her purpose is clear: to take back from Thomas what he has taken from her years ago, his son.