''Queen of Montreuil'' is a 2012 French

comedy-drama film Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

directed by

Sólveig Anspach Sólveig Anspach (8 December 1960 – 7 August 2015) was an Icelandic-French film director and screenwriter. Born to a German-Romanian father Gerhard Anspach and an Icelandic mother Högna Sigurðardóttir, she spent most of her life livin ...

and starring

Florence Loiret Caille Florence Loiret Caille (born 26 June 1975) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than sixty films since 1996. Filmography References External links * 1975 births Living people French film actresses {{France-actor-st ...

Cast

as Agathe * Didda Jónsdóttir as Anna * Úlfur Ægisson as Úlfur * Éric Caruso as Caruso *

Samir Guesmi Samir Guesmi (born 7 October 1967) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than 90 films and television shows since 1988. Filmography Actor Filmmaker Theatre References External links * 1967 births Living people French male f ...

as Samir * Alexandre Steiger as Alexandre * François Tarot as Ludovic * Anne Morin as Virginie * Zakariya Gouram as Selim Loubna * Bernard Bloch as The foreman *

Sophie Quinton Sophie Quinton (born 31 August 1976) is a French actress. She has played in a number of short films directed by Gérald Hustache-Mathieu, and starred in the 2003 film '' Who Killed Bambi?''. Life and career Born into a farming family in Villedie ...

as Laurent's mistress

Accolades

The film won the Lina Mangiacapre Award at the

69th Venice International Film Festival The 69th annual Venice International Film Festival, organized by Venice Biennale, took place at Venice Lido from 29 August to 8 September 2012. The festival opened with the Indian director Mira Nair's '' The Reluctant Fundamentalist'', and close ...

and the Audience Award at the

Reykjavík International Film Festival Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF; is, Alþjóðleg kvikmyndahátíð í Reykjavík ) is an international film festival held annually in Reykjavík, Iceland. The festival lasts 11 days each year and emphasizes young talents. One way o ...

References

External links

* 2012 films 2012 comedy-drama films 2010s French-language films 2010s Icelandic-language films French comedy-drama films Films directed by Sólveig Anspach 2010s English-language films 2012 multilingual films French multilingual films 2010s French films {{2010s-France-film-stub