Les Tribulations d'une caissière (2011)
Directed by Pierre Rambaldi

Comedy

Film Synopsis

After a terrible accident that put her mother into a deep coma, Solweig Antoniazi had to give up her education and get herself a job to support herself and her younger brother.  This is how she ended up having to spend eight hours each day as a poorly paid cashier in a supermarket.  It isn't the easiest of lives, and it is hard to know which is more unbearable - her mean-spirited boss or the pathologically rude customers she has to refrain from biffing every time they treat her like dirt.  Without the support of her co-workers, Leïla and Sandy, it would be impossible for Solweig to get through her day.  The other thing that helps to keep her sane is her personal blog, onto which she can pile her resentment and frustration at the end of each hideous working day.

Before Solweig knows it, her blog has attracted a mass of internet visitors, who are evidently fascinated by her lurid accounts of the nightmares she is subjected to in the workplace.  Of course, Solweig is careful to keep her identity a secret, fearing what might happen if her employers ever found out she was dishing the dirt on them behind their back.  Unbeknown to her, her employers have already discovered the site and are keen to discover who is behind it.  One evening, Solweig comes across a young man named Charles and finds herself instantly attracted to him.  It seems to be the start of a fairytale romance, but alas these two people belong to two completely different worlds...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Pierre Rambaldi
  • Script: Anna Sam (novel), Michel Siksik
  • Cinematographer: Thomas Hardmeier
  • Music: Emmanuel Rambaldi
  • Cast: Déborah François (Solweig Antoniazi), Elsa Zylberstein (Marie), Nicolas Giraud (Charles), Gilles Cohen (Fred), Firmine Richard (Sandy), Alice Belaïdi (Leïla), Jean-Luc Couchard (Mercier), Marc Lavoine (Ferry), Michel Siksik (M. Mimoun), Anne Loiret (Madeleine), Jean-Baptiste Fonck (Anatole), Zacharie Chasseriaud (Benoît), Nicolas Louis (Maurice), Alexandre de Seze (Augustin), Laurent Delahousse (Le présentateur JT), Camille Chamoux (Mère adolescente), Jérémie Petrus (Stagiaire Auto Magazine), Françoise Bertin (Vieille dame Carte Bleue), Cyrille Bonnet (Client aux chips), Joël Dupont (Père Solweig)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 102 min

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