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Populaire (2012) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Ceasar Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
French ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
111 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2012 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Régis Roinsard

Written By:
Régis Roinsard
Daniel Presley

Actors:
Romain Duris ..... Louis Échard
Déborah François ..... Rose Pamphyle
Bérénice Bejo ..... Marie Taylor
Shaun Benson ..... Bob Taylor
Mélanie Bernier ..... Annie Leprince-Ringuet
Nicolas Bedos ..... Gilbert Japy
Miou-Miou ..... Madeleine Écha
Eddy Mitchell ..... Georges Échard
Frédéric Pierrot ..... Jean Pamphyle
Féodor Atkine ..... André Japy
Marius Colucci ..... Lucien Échard
Emeline Bayart ..... Jacqueline Échard
Dominique Reymond ..... Madame Shorofsky
Yannik Landrein ..... Léonard Echard
Nastassja Girard ..... Evelyne Écha

Synopsis:

In 1958, the young Rose Pamphyle dreams on leaving the small village in the countryside of France where she lives with her grumpy father Jean Pamphyle, who is a widower that runs a store and wishes that Rose get married to the son of the local mechanic. Rose learns by herself how to type using only two fingers and when she sees an advertisement for a secretary for the insurance agent Louis Échard in Lisieux, Lower Normandy, she immediately travels to city. Rose has a bad interview but she impresses Louis typing at very high speed. Louis decides to hire her for a short period of experience and Rose shows that she is a clumsy secretary. But Louis is a former sportsman and he decides to train Rose how to type correctly to dispute a speed typing competition. He brings Rose to his home and she learns how to play piano to help her typing with Louis's childhood friend Marie Taylor that is married with the American Bob Taylor. She becomes close to his friends and family. Rose becomes the fastest typist in France and now she needs to train to compete in the world title in USA. But Louis, who has fallen in love with her, believes that he is not enough to help her and decides to sacrifice his love to make Rose's dream come true. Is his attitude correct?

Spring, 1958. 21-year-old Rose Pamphyle lives with her grouchy widower father who runs the village store. Engaged to the son of the local mechanic, she seems destined for the quiet, drudgery-filled life of a housewife. But that's not the life Rose longs for. When she travels to Lisieux in Normandy, where charismatic insurance agency boss Louis Echard is advertising for a secretary, the ensuing interview is a disaster. But Rose reveals a special gift - she can type at extraordinary speed. Unwittingly, the young woman awakens the dormant sports fan in Louis. If she wants the job she'll have to compete in a speed typing competition. Whatever sacrifices Rose must make to reach the top, Louis declares himself her trainer. He'll turn her into the fastest girl not only in the country, but in the world! But a love of sport doesn't always mix well with love itself ...

French drama set in the 1950s following a young woman who yearns for more than the humdrum existence she seems destined for. As a 21-year-old, Rose Pamphyle (Déborah François) is kept firmly in check by her father. He has arranged her engagement to a local mechanic and the girl seems destined to pass from the control of one man to another on her wedding day. However, when Rose travels to Lisieux in Normandy another opportunity presents itself. Though her interview for a secretarial job goes disastrously, she makes the acquaintance of a charismatic manager called Louis Echard (Romain Duris). Impressed by her natural abilities at the keyboard, Louis appoints himself her trainer for a speed typing competition. Can Rose type her way to the life she desires?

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