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2010 film by François Ozon

Potiche is a 2010 comedy film written and directed by François Ozon, based on the play of the same name by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy.

It stars Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini, Karin Viard, Judith Godrèche and Jérémie Renier. Set in 1977, the film tells the story of a submissive wife who gets to run her husband's umbrella factory, after the employees rebel against their tyrannical manager.^[3] In French, a potiche[pɔ.tiʃ] is a decorative vase, but by extension means "window dressing" or, roughly, "trophy wife".^[4] The film competed at the 67th Venice International Film Festival and received two Magritte Award nominations, winning Best Supporting Actor for Jérémie Renier.^[5]

Cast

Production

François Ozon saw the play Potiche by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Grédy about ten years before he made the film.

According to Ozon, the genesis of the film version was, pa