Potiche

When her snobbish, chauvinistic, smothering, adulterous husband (Fabrice Luchini) is taken hostage by his striking workers (Bruno Lochet, et al.) at an umbrella factory in 1977 and subsequently suffers a mild heart attack in this amusing, engaging, well-acted, satirical, 2010 comedy, which is adapted from the popular Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy play, his fed-up, stunningly beautiful, trophy wife (Catherine Deneuve) seeks help from the communist mayor and former union leader (Gérard Depardieu), her two grown children (Judith Godrèche and Jérémie Renier), and her husband's secretary (Karin Viard) to manage the company to some surprising and satisfying results.
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