Her Way

"Free, strong and on her feet: she chooses her life."

2021 1h 35m FR

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6.6

SOLID

★6.6TMDB · 72

Drama

Synopsis

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Marie, an independent and militant woman, has never needed anyone's help, including when it comes to raising her son. When the latter is expelled from his certificate of professional competence training class, Marie cannot accept it. Dreaming of a brighter future for him, she decides to enrol him in one of the best cooking schools in France.

“Free, strong and on her feet: she chooses her life.”

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Cast

Laure Calamy
Marie
Nissim Renard
Adrien
Béatrice Facquer
Camille
Maxence Tual
Martin
Romain Brau
Lawyer
Sam Louwyck
Bruno
Diana Korudzhiyska
Tatiana
Amlan Larcher
Awa

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Cécile Ducrocq
Writers: Cécile Ducrocq
Languages: French, English
Countries: France

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ERA

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Released 5 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Cécile Ducrocq, shot by Noé Bach. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Julie Roué. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Sophie Reine shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Laure Calamy and Nissim Renard and Béatrice Facquer carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Free, strong and on her feet: she chooses her life.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Cécile Ducrocq directs. Noé Bach behind the camera. Julie Roué scores. Sophie Reine cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 5 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Cécile Ducrocq, shot by Noé Bach. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Julie Roué. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Sophie Reine shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Laure Calamy and Nissim Renard and Béatrice Facquer carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Free, strong and on her feet: she chooses her life.".
9IMDB entry: tt14429000 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 72 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Noé Bach
Original score: Julie Roué
Editing: Sophie Reine
Production design: Catherine Cosme
Costume design: Ariane Daurat
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Status: Released
Original language: FR
Certification (US): U
IMDB: Her Way (2021)

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CinemaSerf2022-09-03
★ 7/10
I think I'd have preferred a more literal translation of the "Woman of the World" title for this film, depicting - as it does - the efforts of "Marie" (Laure Calamy) to do whatever it takes to get her recalcitrant son "Adrien" (Nissim Renard) into cookery school. She makes an OK living as an hooker in Strasbourg, but when his options narrow to just one private school that charges €9000 for a term, she must relocate to a more established brothel where her earnings potential is greater, but she has no say over the clientele! What follows now is a very human story of just what a parent is prepared to do to help her child. It's not especially graphic, much of the sex is left to our imagination - but it still, nonetheless, offers us an interesting perspective on a woman who actually enjoys working in the sex industry. Indeed, she and her colleagues actively campaign against legislation that criminalises their clients. It snows a lot there - and somehow that rather frigid environment, as they both share the same bed in her tiny flat, helps to well frame their tempestuous but ultimately loving relationship. Calamy delivers strongly here. She is convincing and at times her frustrations and aspirations for the young lad are palpable. He, too, performs the role of a disillusioned teenager persuasively as do the ladies she must work and share with at "Bruno's". The ending doesn't sugar-coat anything, and I think that lends extra potency to this really quite watchable tale of a determined and dedicated woman.

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