Alicia I love this movie so much

AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Noutions Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

kasey means Mr. Pujol comes back into his factory after a medical leave for a heart attack and sees his wife. He tells her that she can leave so he can take over. Little be known to him, Mrs. Pujol reveals that she is now in control of the company and that he can go home. This is one of the main turning points of the film Potiche by Francois Ozon. Potiche means trophy housewife and Mrs. Pujol was one up until this point in the movie. Now she's making her husband be a trophy husband. Suzanne was not allowed to have a job or even work around the house. She was to have hobbies and cater to her husband. This movie is about Suzanne becoming a powerful woman independent of her husband. The movie starts out showing us how much Suzanne is in control by her husband. She refuses to admit that she is a trophy wife, even when her daughter tells her she is. When Mr. Pujols factory workers go on strike and is attacked, Suzanne has to take control of the factory. She takes this as her opportunity to take control of the company and be more than a trophy wife. The workers love all of her changes until her husband manipulates an unsigned contract to turn everyone against her. By the end though, Suzanne has more power than her husband does, even without the company.At the end of the movie Suzanne Pujol is giving a speech to a big crowd gathered. By the end, Suzanne has gained the vote of her husband's secretary, all of her kids, and almost everyone else. Although she lost control of the factory to her husband, she ends up with more power and more people on her side. When Suzanne is giving the speech, all eyes on her and she even refers to opening an umbrella in the speech. This is referring to her husband's umbrella factory. When the speech is over, she belts into song. The spotlight is on her through the whole song and ends in a shot focused on her as well. This shows how much Suzanne has changed and has become more than just a trophy housewife. She has shown everybody that she can be powerful and more than they had expected from her.I would recommend this movie to anyone. It is more of an adult movie because there are some sexual references and some difficult topics that a child would not grasp. I really like this movie because it starts out showing the general expectation of women, and ends with Suzanne becoming the complete opposite. This is definitely a feminist film. I also like how Suzanne not only gains power over her husband, but also over the Mayor who was her ex-lover. Suzanne takes the factory from her husband, and eventually the title of Mayor from the past Mayor. She shows that she does not need a man to succeed in life and I really like that.

jotix100 Suzanne Pujol, like some women in her social position, was instrumental in starting the careers of the men they marry. That is, if the husband does not come from money, the thankful father-in-law made anything possible for the man who marry his princess to do well in life, even directing and managing the family business after his retirement, and giving him a taste of life of comfort he never knew.This is basically the premise of Francois Ozon's "Potiche" which we caught in DVD format recently. It is based on a theater piece, probably one of those light comedies that are much loved by the French. The transfer to the screen is done with a look to the past, as only Mr. Ozon could have pulled and yet he opened the play in ways that show his intelligence toward the original material written for the stage by Pierre Barrillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy.Mr. Ozon brings two of the most iconic stars of France to appear together in "Potiche". Catherine Deneuve is the embodiment of a star, if ever there was one. Gerard Depardieu is also seen as the man who once had a torrid affair with Suzanne. Fabrice Luchini is Robert Pujol, the lucky man that married a trophy wife. The sublime Karin Viard is wonderful as Nadege, Robert's long suffering secretary with whom he has been having a long affair. Jeremie Renier and Judith Godreche complete the Pujol family.It is clear the message of "Potiche" is a feminist one. Suzanne, who led a somewhat serene life must act quickly if she wants to save her father's business from everything her husband Robert could not do himself. In the process she clearly shows a talent for business as well as politics. The best scene in the film shows Ms. Deneuve and Mr. Depardieu in a night club dancing something out of the disco era.

gabrielrenom Unfortunately this movie is one of these movies you just want to forget about it. As usual Dépardieu saves the movie to get the pass (well the pass... 4/10), but the rest of the crew are quite dull in any sense.The comedy is inspired in 1977/1978 in France, in the rise of the feminist. It will be nice if the director uses the 70's as a good scenario, but instead he only displays few 1970's cars and does it.The poor sense of humor makes the movie almost unwatchable.In the last years I have watched almost 300 movies, this is one of the worst.Gabriel Renom

jdesando "Your job is to share my opinion." Robert Pujol (Fabrice Luchini) to his wife.As you can tell from the trailers and the above quote, Suzanne Pujol (Catherine Deneuve) will not remain a potiche (Trophy wife) for long in Potiche, a fluffy satire of the late '70's fascination with the feminist movement. It's a lightweight look at the emergence of a woman to run the family business in a style that melds conservative and liberal values in the form of negotiations with unions and meaningful dialogue.The soft touch of director Francois Ozon is evident in almost every frame, from Suzanne's modest but flattering outfits to her soothing charm that binds friends and family in a humanity coming partly from her considerable beauty, even as a middle-aged woman, and partly from a script that leans to the left with good cheer.Along the way writers Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy (both successful with Just Go with It) guarantee Suzanne will triumph in the factory and a coda that looks ahead to Hillary Clinton. Although none of the dialogue is memorable and some of the setups sophomoric, the film retains its respect for her and the mission of feminism. The sweetness of it all is that despite her philandering husband, Suzanne has a checkered past as well, making for a balanced battle of the sexes.