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Director: Régis Roinsard
Writer(s): Régis Roinsard, Daniel Presley
Cast: Roman Duris, Déborah François, Bérénice Bejo
Awards: Best Narrative Feature Audience Award San Francisco International Film Festival
Language: French
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.
“Even when there’s tragedy around the turn, it doesn’t matter. Populaire plays like a musical – you expect anyone, at any time, to break into song.”-Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
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