The President’s Wife (Bernadette)
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Director: Léa Domenach
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Denis Podalydès, Michel Vuillermoz
Year: 2023
Duration: 95 mins
Certificate: 18
In 1995 Jacques Chirac is elected President of the French Republic. When Bernadette Chirac (Catherine Deneuve) steps into the Elysée, she’s ready for the recognition she’s earned, having always worked in his shadow, and tirelessly supported her husband’s journey to the presidency. Instead, she finds herself set aside and brushed off as old-fashioned, cold, and sour-tempered!
With the help of her chief of staff, Bernard Niquet (Denis Podalydès) Bernadette embarks on a campaign to restore her reputation and assert her role as first lady by becoming a major media figure.
Léa Domenach’s directorial debut skilfully blurs the lines between fact and fiction.
Screening as part of French Film Festival UK.
