The Assistant | |
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Directed by |
Christophe Ali Nicolas Bonilauri |
Produced by | Tom Dercourt Donato Rotunno |
Written by | Christophe Ali Nicolas Bonilauri Jacques Sotty Philippe Blasband |
Starring |
Nathalie Baye Malik Zidi |
Music by | Jérôme Lemonnier |
Cinematography | Nicolas Massart |
Edited by | Ewin Ryckaert |
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Cinéma Defacto
Artémis Productions Tarantula Luxembourg |
Distributed by | Bac Films (France) |
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Running time
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87 minutes |
Country | France Belgium Luxembourg |
Language | French |
The Assistant (original title: La Volante) is a 2015 drama-thriller film directed by Christophe Ali and Nicolas Bonilauri and starring Nathalie Baye and Malik Zidi.
One night, while driving his pregnant wife Audrey to the hospital, Thomas accidentally knocks down and kills a young man on the road. Several years later, Marie-France, the mother of the deceased man, is still unable to recover from the tragedy. She becomes a personal assistant for Thomas, who remains completely unaware of her identity. Soon, Marie-France carries out a methodical plan, making herself to become indispensable to Thomas, while interfering in his family affairs and also approaching his son Léon.