Program Sheet

PETITES VACANCES A KNOKKE-LE-ZOUTE

Micheline and her family live in a typical village in French-speaking Switzerland, one of those villages where everyone knows each other. She has sacrificed the best part of her life to looking after her husband and children, three sons who are now grown up. So when she decides to pass her driving test the family's routine is turned upside down. But Micheline is determined to treat herself to this luxury of freedom. She soon finds herself behind the wheel of an orange Dyane heading for the sea and Knokke-le-Zoute, with only her young autistic neighbour, who knows all the road signs by heart, for company...

Director: Yves Matthey, 2009
Screenplay: Yves Matthey and Daniel Vouillamoz
Cast: Miou-Miou (Micheline), Jean-Luc Bideau (Jean-Claude), Damien Jouillerot (Daniel), Arno (Maurice), Laurent Deshusses (Varronnier), Jean-Alexandre Blanchet (Olivier), Romain Vissol (Alain), Nicolas Haut (Yves), Maurice Risch (Génécand)