On My Way

On My Way

2013 · 100 min · FR · 6.4 (80 votes)
Dir. Emmanuelle Bercot · Starring Catherine Deneuve, Claude Gensac, Dominique Rocheteau, Gérard Garouste, Hafsia Herzi, Némo Schiffman · Music Philip Lees
DramaComedy

Deneuve plays sassy grandmother Bettie who takes to the road after being betrayed by her lover and learning her business is on the verge of bankruptcy on the same day. During a weeklong odyssey across France, she spends time with a grandson she hardly knows and reconnects with her past as former Miss Brittany through a reunion for former beauty queens.

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A charming, bittersweet road trip where a woman rediscovers herself. It's a witty, nostalgic journey through France, filled with unexpected encounters and a liberating spirit of reinvention.

wittymelancholicliberatingnostalgicsteadyFrench New Wave-inspiredcharacter-drivenquirkyidentityagingfreedomsecond chances
road moviewoman director
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