Catch the Wind | |
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Directed by | Gaël Morel |
Written by | Gaël Morel |
Starring | Sandrine Bonnaire |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Box office | $322,000[1] |
Catch the Wind (French: Prendre le large) is a 2017 French drama film directed by Gaël Morel. It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[2]
Edith, a 45-year-old textile worker, has to choose when the bosses of her factory in Villefranche-sur-Saône decide to relocate the company to Morocco.[3] Unattached since her son left, she is the only worker who agrees to leave in order to avoid unemployment, and so she arrives in Tangiers.[4] She will be confronted with many trials, but will discover friendship.