mt-title

As a massively underpaid interpreter in the drug squad, she translates intercepted phone calls from the scene. When her mother's expensive nursing home threatens to evict the old lady because of unpaid bills, Patience has to act. Armed with high-end merchandise and growing pleasure in her new role, she shakes up Paris's black market. "Isabelle Huppert shines in her role with an incredible presence." (kino-zeit.de) "In addition, there are two other women, Farida Ouchani and Nadja Nguyen, who play big and harmonize wonderfully with Isabelle Huppert." (cineclub.de)

Keywords

  • Isabelle Huppert
  • Les César 2021
  • drugs
  • women

Actors

  • Isabelle Huppert
  • Liliane Rovère
  • Hippolyte Girardot
  • Iris Bry
  • Pierre Rousselet
  • Raphaël Quenard

Director

  • Jean-Paul Salomé

Crime, Comedy


1h 46min


-12

FRENCH


FRENCH

France
2020
Patience (Isabelle Huppert), a translator for the Paris police, has money problems and decides to intercept the drug shipment and sell it herself.

Patience (Isabelle Huppert), a translator for the Paris police, has money problems and decides to intercept the drug shipment and sell it herself.


As a massively underpaid interpreter in the drug squad, she translates intercepted phone calls from the scene. When her mother's expensive nursing home threatens to evict the old lady because of unpaid bills, Patience has to act. Armed with high-end merchandise and growing pleasure in her new role, she shakes up Paris's black market.


"Isabelle Huppert shines in her role with an incredible presence." (kino-zeit.de) "In addition, there are two other women, Farida Ouchani and Nadja Nguyen, who play big and harmonize wonderfully with Isabelle Huppert." (cineclub.de)

Cast & Crew

jean-paul-salome

Director

Jean-Paul Salomé

isabelle-huppert

Cast

Isabelle Huppert

liliane-rovere

Cast

Liliane Rovère

hippolyte-girardot

Cast

Hippolyte Girardot

iris-bry

Cast

Iris Bry

pierre-rousselet

Cast

Pierre Rousselet

raphal-quenard

Cast

Raphaël Quenard


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