Driving Madeleine

A seemingly simple taxi ride across Paris evolves into a profound meditation on the realities of the driver, whose personal life is in shambles, and his fare, an elderly woman whose warmth belies her shocking past.

Cast

Line Renaud

as Madeleine

Dany Boon

as Charles

Alice Isaaz

as Madeleine, jeune

Gwendoline Hamon

as Denise

Hadriel Roure

as Mathieu jeune

Elie Kaempfen

as Matt

Christophe Rossignon

as Le Président du tribunal

Jérémie Laheurte

as Raymond Haguenot, dit Ray

Julie Delarme

as Karine

Thomas Alden

as Mathieu (adulte)

Reviews

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“Charles” (Dany Boon) is a Parisian taxi driver at the end of his tether when he is given a job on the other side of the city. He can’t really be bothered but it’s a lucrative fare so he sets off to pick up “Mme. Keller” (Line Renaud). She’s 92 years of age and is reluctantly having to move into an ...

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