Wonders in the Suburbs Merveilles à Montfermeil

by Jeanne Balibar

France
2019
109 min
OV French, Arabic with French subtitles
Feature film
Fiction
Color
DCP

Official Selection 2019

The programmer’s eye

This whimsical film explores the gap between the team working at the Montfermeil city hall and the citizens. Actress Jeanne Balibar’s first feature film embraces its subject and polishes it as though it was a poetic motif, albeit one that’s much more subtle, surprising and funny than any other policy.

Biography and Filmography

Besides a stint at the Comédie-Française, actress Jeanne Balibar has worked with the greatest theater and cinema directors, earning many nominations and prestigious awards, such as a César for the Best Actress for “Barbara” (2017). “Wonders in the Suburbs” is her first feature as a solo director.

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Besides a stint at the Comédie-Française, actress Jeanne Balibar has worked with the greatest theater and cinema directors, earning many nominations and prestigious awards, such as a César for the Best Actress for “Barbara” (2017). “Wonders in the Suburbs” is her first feature as a solo director.