Victoria is a thirty-something divorced lawyer who’s struggling to raise her two daughters. She is canny and cynical but on the verge of an emotional breakdown. At a friend’s wedding she reconnects with Vincent, an old friend, and Sam, an old client. Her life is about to take a new turn.

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Film Cast:

• Victoria Spick: Virginie Efira
• Samuel Mallet: Vincent Lacoste
• Vincent Kossarski: Melvil Poupaud
• David: Laurent Poitrenaux
• Christelle, Victoria’s Lawyer: Laure Calamy
• Eve: Alice Daquet
• Judge: Julie Moulier
• Clairvoyant: Elsa Wolliaston
• Sophie: Sophie Fillières
• Liv: Liv Harari
• Jeanne: Jeane Arra-Bellanger
• President of the Paris Court: Hector Obalk
• President of the Disciplinary Council: Anthony Paliotti
• Psychologist: Pierre Maillet
• Leslie Chevalier: Claire Burger
• Wedding Table Neighbor: Aurélien Bellanger
• Chimpanzee Trainer: Arthur Harari
• Acupuncturist: Vincent Dietschy
• Suzanna: Sabrina Seyvecou
• Axel: Thomas Lévy-Lasne
• Victoria’s Client: Noémie Veissier
• One-Night Stand 1: Denis Eyriey
• One-Night Stand 2: Marc Ruchmann
• One-Night Stand 3: Philip Vormwald
• Doctor: Nicolas Anthomé
• Cop: Etienne Beurier
• Veterinary Expert: Antoine Bueno
• Maître Mazzeti: Georges Sauveur
• Cameraman: Vincent Sornaga
• Blogger Leader: Marc-Antoine Vaugeois
• Blogger Leader: Pierre Maillard
• Fred: Romain Charbon
• Babysitter: Vera Čupić-Vojnović
• Piano Double: Sarah Lancman
• Member of the Audience (uncredited): David Benhamou
• Lawyer (uncredited): Emmanuelle Lanfray

Film Crew:

• Casting: Youna De Peretti
• Costume Design: Charlotte Vaysse
• Casting: Cynthia Arra
• Screenplay: Justine Triet
• Production Design: Olivier Meidinger
• Director of Photography: Simon Beaufils
• Production Manager: Claire Trinquet
• Producer: Emmanuel Chaumet
• Editor: Laurent Sénéchal
• Supervising Sound Editor: Olivier Touche
• Construction Coordinator: Jacques Oursin
• Makeup Department Head: Michelle Van Brussel
• Art Department Assistant: Ferdinand Coste
• Third Assistant Director: Fabien Peyrelade
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Simon Apostolou
• Sound: Julien Sicart
• Makeup Artist: Hue Lan Van Duc
• Second Assistant Director: Claire Delâtre
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Valerio Brini
• Makeup Artist: Charlotte Desnos
• Boom Operator: Marc Parazon
• Sound Mix Technician: Matthieu Tertois
• Property Master: Pierre-Antoine Mariotti
• First Assistant Director: Guillaume Huin
• Costumer: Julie Sudre
• Second Assistant Camera: Agathe Dercourt
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Niranjan Siva
• First Assistant Camera: Nicolas Eveilleau
• Gaffer: Sophie Lelou
• Unit Medic: Phil Pease
• Digital Compositor: Elliott Ducruy
• Extras Casting: Laure Ballarin
• Location Scout: Gaetan Salin
• Visual Effects Director: Stéphane Bidault
• Camera Trainee: Marine Atlan
• Electrician: Manon Corone
• Unit Manager: Arnaud Chabance
• Second Assistant “B” Camera: Zoï Bota
• Location Scout: Manuel Pouet
• Music Supervisor: Thibault Deboaisne
• Digital Compositor: Arnaud Soulabaille
• Extras Casting: Nsani Mayala
• Script Supervisor: Camille Ganivet
• Electrician: Aurélien Thibault
• Costume Supervisor: Charlotte Aspin
• First Assistant “B” Camera: Alexis Cohen
• Assistant Editor: Jessica Allard
• Assistant Editor: Ludovic Foucher
• Key Grip: Hervé Renoud-Lyat
• Costume Standby: India Witzand
• Electrician: Charlie Maupain
• Electrician: Denoël Riche
• Visual Effects Producer: Matthias Weber
• Colorist: Alexandra Pocquet
• Additional Writing: Thomas Lévy-Lasne

Movie Reviews:

• CinemaSerf: “Victoria” (Virginie Efira) hasn’t her problems to seek! She’s a divorced lawyer with custody of two children and a messy and fairly fluid love life. She manages to fall out with her baby sitter and so is even more stretched when the tousled young “Sam” (Vincent Lacoste) – an aspiring lawyer himself, offers to help her out. He will be her cook and bottle washer, mind the children and work with her – all for free! Suspicious, she gives him a week but soon he proves his worth and becomes a bit of an anchor for her increasingly complicated life. These complications emanate from her decision to sue her ex (the father of the children) for using her career as a template for his popular and salacious blog, and also from defending a friend and potential murderer (Melvil Poupaud) in a criminal trial that also involves another friend, too. The scene now set, this could have been quite a good scenario for Efira and the charismatic Lacoste, but the writing really lets it down. The story lurches from frying pan to not very humorous fire just once too often, the romantic melodrama is all just a bit passé and were it not for an outstanding effort from a Dalmatian with taste and a chimp adept with an iPhone, the humour would be distinctly lacking. The odd calamity in the plot would have been welcome, but here there are just too many implausibles and not enough comedy. Laure Calamy has a bit of fun as her defending counsel – French law courts are always so much more flamboyant and lively than British ones, but sadly she’s not on screen often enough to make much difference. It’s watchable enough, but just not that special.