Crash Test Aglaé (2017)
Directed by Eric Gravel

Comedy

Film Synopsis

Aglaé is a single-minded young woman in her twenties who works at a factory in France that specialises in crash testing.  Her work, routine though it is, is everything to her, so when the factory's bosses suddenly announce that they intend relocating to the East to reduce their overheads she refuses to accept her redundancy and opts instead to relocate herself so that she can keep her job - in India.  Understandably, her workmates Liette and Marcelle think she is completely out of her mind, but they agree to accompany her on the long journey to her new country of residence.  Aglaé has no intention of taking a plane.  Instead, she sets out in her car, beginning what will prove to be a long and arduous voyage of discovery across two continents.  In the end, she is left wondering whether she has in fact made the right decision...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Eric Gravel
  • Script: Fabrice de Costil, Eric Gravel (dialogue), Eric Gravel (screenplay)
  • Cinematographer: Gilles Piquard
  • Music: Philippe Deshaies, Lionel Flairs, Benoit Rault
  • Cast: India Hair (Aglaé Lanctot), Julie Depardieu (Liette), Yolande Moreau (Marcelle), Anne Charrier (La DRH), Frédérique Bel (Lola, la mère d'Aglaé), Tristán Ulloa (Clovis), Adil Hussain (Shankar), Hanns Zischler (Fürstenberg), Danial Maratov (Rahman), Alisher Maratov (Nurgul), Bénédicte-Lala Ernoult (Asmita (joueuse de cricket)), Praveena Vivekananthan (Joueuse de cricket 2), Ninh (Chanteur restaurant thaïlandais), Manon Matringe (Aglaé 7 ans), Manon Vuaflart (Aglaé 10 ans), Emmanuel Bodin (Superviseur photocopieur), Laurent Manzoni (Superviseur de crash-test), Pascal Besson (Contrôleur de crash-test), Irina Wanka (Sigrun), Éric Berger (Le délocaliseur)
  • Country: France
  • Language: English / French / German / Hindi / Kazakh
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 85 min

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