‘Driving Madeleine’ Review: French Icons Line Renaud And Dany Boon Star In Touching And Life-Changing Road Trip Through Paris
deadline.comYou might hear the title, Driving Madeleine (French title: Une Belle Course), and then read the logline about a driver taxiing a 92-year old woman around Paris and instantly think “Aha!
It is a French Driving Miss Daisy!” Well, having absolutely nothing to do with that 1989 Best Picture Oscar winner that so memorably starred Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman, the two films do have something in common.
They are both irresistibly cast with exceptional veteran stars who each grab the heart and never let go. A selection of the 2022 Toronto Film Festival, this quintessential French film may surprise you with its sheer grit.
Yes, it is a road trip where the gorgeously shot City of Lights is undeniably the third major star in it, but the story, from a screenplay by Cyril Gely and adaptation by director Christian Carion, goes places I never expected.
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