Trophy Wife

Set in 1977 France, 'Potiche' follows Suzanne Pujol, a submissive housewife who unexpectedly takes charge of her tyrannical husband's umbrella factory during a workers' strike. Directed by François Ozon, the film is a colorful, witty feminist comedy exploring themes of female empowerment, ambition, and liberation. Catherine Deneuve shines alongside Gérard Depardieu in this stylish, sharp satire of gender roles and bourgeois society.

• Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu reunite after 35 years.
• Based on a 1970s French stage play of the same name.
• Director François Ozon chose vibrant 1970s color palette deliberately.
• Deneuve learned to rollerblade specifically for her opening scene.
• The film was a massive box office hit in France.

• I am not a trophy wife. I am a woman.
• A woman who thinks is already half liberated.
• You cannot keep a bird in a cage forever.
• I have spent my life being decorative. No more.
• Power suits a woman just as well as a man.