Agathe Cléry

Agathe Cléry

2008 · 113 min · FR · 4.8 (166 votes)
Dir. Étienne Chatiliez · Starring Valérie Lemercier, Anthony Kavanagh, Dominique Lavanant, Jacques Boudet, Isabelle Nanty, Jean Rochefort · Music Matthew Herbert
Comedy

Agathe Clery, a marketing manager for a cosmetics company, is snobbish, stubborn and racist. When she is diagnosed with Addison Syndrome, an disorder that darkens the pigmentation of one's skin, she suddenly finds herself resembling a black woman.

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This film offers a sharp, often uncomfortable, look at prejudice through a darkly comedic lens. It's a provocative character study that forces you to confront societal biases with a steady, unflinching gaze.

satiricaluncomfortableprovocativedarkly comedicsteadysatirecharacter studysocial realismidentityprejudicesocial commentarytransformation
woman director
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