WONDERS IN THE SUBURBS

MERVEILLES À MONTFERMEIL

By Jeanne BALIBAR

LES FILMS DU LOSANGE - as SALES / DISTR

Comedy - Completed 2019

Freshly elected, a new electoral team work together on the implementation of a wacky new policy for Montfermeil, a sensitive urban zone.

Festivals
& Awards

Locarno Film Festival 2019
Cineasti del Presente
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Comedy, Drama
    • Countries
    • FRANCE
    • Languages
    • FRENCH
    • Duration
    • 110 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Jeanne BALIBAR
    • Producer(s)
    • Martine MARIGNAC (Films(s)), Mathieu AMALRIC (Film(s)), Isaac SHARRY (Vito Films)
    • Synopsis
    • After a long separation, Joëlle and Kamel finally divorce, but both are on the staff of Emmanuelle Joly, the newly elected mayor of Montfermeil, an underprivileged town on the outskirts of Paris. The mayor's team gets to work implementing the wonders she promised on the campaign trail: naps for all; crops on rooftops; sexual assistance in the home; harmonization of humans' breathing; Montfermeil International School of Languages, and so on. But dangerous enemies resolutely sabotage these fine policies as Paris plans its expansion, and Madam Mayor slowly slips into depression. Will we have a wonderful Brioche Day this year?