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You might hear the title, Driving Madeleine (French title: Une Belle Course), and then read the logline about a driver taxiing a 92-year old woman around Paris and instantly think “Aha! It is a French Driving Miss Daisy!” Well, having absolutely nothing to do with that 1989 Best Picture Oscar winner that so memorably starred Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman, the two films do have something in common. They are both irresistibly cast with exceptional veteran stars who each grab the heart and never let go.
A selection of the 2022 Toronto Film Festival, this quintessential French film may surprise you with its sheer grit. Yes, it is a road trip where the gorgeously shot City of Lights is undeniably the third major star in it, but the story, from a screenplay by Cyril Gely and adaptation by director Christian Carion, goes places I never expected.
The set-up is simple. Charles (Dany Boon) is a taxi driver having a very bad day, and as we learn also going through some tough personal problems. He is loathe to take on another fare, but when he learns it is an old lady who wants him to drive a good distance to the nursing home into which she is moving that day, he just can’t resist the much needed money.
Picking up Madeleine (Line Renaud) in front of her nicely appointed home, she tells him of her ultimate destination but first wants to take a few detours, basically a nostalgic trip back to places in Paris that have defined her life. As they drive along, Carion takes us into flashbacks of that life — first a wartime romance with the true love of her life, a soldier who was later killed in action and never knew Madeleine was pregnant with his son. Another flashback introduces us to the volatile Ray, whom Madeleine eventually
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