''Catch the Wind'' (french: Prendre le large) is a 2017 French
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Gaël Morel
Gaël Morel (born 25 September 1972) is a French film director, screenwriter and actor.
Life and career
Morel was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône (department), Rhône, France, a town of 30,000 inhabitants outside Lyon. He grew up in the ...
. It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the
2017 Toronto International Film Festival
The 42nd annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 7 to 17 September 2017. There were fourteen programmes, with the Vanguard and City to City programmes both being retired from previous years, with the total number of films down b ...
.
Synopsis
Edith, a 45-year-old textile worker, has to choose when the bosses of her factory in Villefranche-sur-Saône decide to relocate the company to Morocco. Unattached since her son left, she is the only worker who agrees to leave in order to avoid unemployment, and so she arrives in Tangiers.
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/ref> She will be confronted with many trials, but will discover friendship.
Cast
* Sandrine Bonnaire
Sandrine Bonnaire (; born 31 May 1967) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter who has appeared in more than 40 films. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for ''À Nos Amours'' (1983), the César Award for Best Actr ...
as Édith Clerval
* Mouna Fettou as Mina
* Ilian Bergala as Jérémy (Édith's son)
* Kamal El Amri as Ali (Mina's son)
* Soumaya Akaaboune
Soumaya Akaaboune ( ar, سومية أكعبون; born 16 February 1974) is a Moroccan actress.
Biography
Akaaboune was born and raised in Tangier, Morocco. Her mother was a stylist and costume designer while her father was an art lover. She des ...
as Madame Saïni
* Nisrine Erradi as Karima
* Farida Ouchani as Najat
* Lubna Azabal as Nadia
* Nathanaël Maïni as Thierry (Jérémy's partner)
References
External links
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2017 films
2017 drama films
French drama films
2010s French-language films
2010s French films
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