A housewife and grandma takes over the family business 1977, after her husband is hurt during a strike.A housewife and grandma takes over the family business 1977, after her husband is hurt during a strike.A housewife and grandma takes over the family business 1977, after her husband is hurt during a strike.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 2 wins & 12 nominations total
Jérémie Renier
- Laurent Pujol
- (as Jérémie Rénier)
Sergi López
- Le routier
- (as Sergi Lopez)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaPotiche is the term used in French slang that means trophy wife.
- GoofsThe movie is set in 1977, but some of the cars have white headlights. French cars had yellow headlights and switched to white ones only in 1993. However Gerard Depardieu's car has the correct headlights.
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Venice Film Festival 2010 (2010)
- SoundtracksEmmène-moi Danser ce Soir
Music by François Valéry
Lyrics by Jean Albertini
Performed by Michèle Torr
© New Publishing Savour / Editions Tremplin
Administre par Sony Music Publishing
(P) 1978 Mercury France
Avec l'autorisation d'Universal Music Vision
Featured review
Catherine Deneuve at 68 is what Oscar Wilde called "That horror of horrors, a Handsome Woman..." Well, life is hard and time pitiless. We can say that she looks alright "considering her age", but when you look at pictures of her gorgeous 20 years...,, and not to mention her partner in this movie, Gerard Depardieu... Mon Dieu! he's really in bad shape!!! worse even that Jack Nicholson and that is saying a lot!!!
He wears an open jacket (I think he gave up trying to button up because his stomach is enormous) and it's almost embarrassing to watch both of them in the night club scene, dancing "modern", I almost avoided looking at the screen. Pitiful. He's totally miscast. Deneuve, being better "preserved", is still fun to look at. Excellent actress and a very good movie.
Funny in a very french way --it seems that the french can produce these incredibly light movies with as much ease as they make those heavenly Crêpe Suzettes. And as tasty. A very good entertainment done in very nice colors and at the perfect pacing for such a light comedy. Fun to watch!
He wears an open jacket (I think he gave up trying to button up because his stomach is enormous) and it's almost embarrassing to watch both of them in the night club scene, dancing "modern", I almost avoided looking at the screen. Pitiful. He's totally miscast. Deneuve, being better "preserved", is still fun to look at. Excellent actress and a very good movie.
Funny in a very french way --it seems that the french can produce these incredibly light movies with as much ease as they make those heavenly Crêpe Suzettes. And as tasty. A very good entertainment done in very nice colors and at the perfect pacing for such a light comedy. Fun to watch!
- davidtraversa-1
- Jun 4, 2011
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Also known as
- Potiche (Trophy Wife)
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- €11,216,287 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,618,844
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $86,017
- Mar 27, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $32,309,881
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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