Potiche

{{Infobox film Nicolas Altmeyer Jean-Pierre Grédy Gérard Depardieu Fabrice Luchini Karin Viard {Judith Godrèche Jérémie Renier Production Services Belgium {{Film Belgium}} }} Potiche is a 2010 French-Belgian comedy film directed by François Ozon, based on the play of the same name by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Grédy. It stars Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini, Karin Viard, Judith Godrèche and Jérémie Renier. Set in 1977, the film tells the story of a submissive wife who gets to run her husband's umbrella factory, after the employees rebel against their tyrannical manager. In French, a "potiche" is a decorative vase, but also roughly means the same thing as "trophy wife". The film competed at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.
 * name          = Potiche
 * image         = Potiche.jpg
 * caption       = Theatrical release poster
 * director      = François Ozon
 * producer      = Eric Altmeyer
 * screenplay    = François Ozon
 * story         = Pierre Barillet
 * starring      = Catherine Deneuve
 * music         = Philippe Rombi
 * cinematography = Yorick Le Saux
 * editing       = Laure Gardette
 * studio        = Mandarin Cinéma
 * distributor   = Mars Distribution
 * released      = {{Film date|df=y|2010|9|4|67th Venice International Film Festival|2010|11|10}}
 * runtime       = 99 minutes
 * country       = {{Film France}}
 * language      = French
 * budget        =
 * gross         = 23,157,170 USD

Cast

 * as Suzanne Pujol
 * as Maurice Babin
 * as Robert Pujol
 * as Nadège
 * as Joëlle
 * as Laurent Pujol
 * as Suzanne's sister
 * as young Suzanne

Production
saw the play Potiche by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Grédy about ten years before he made the film. According to Ozon, the genesis of the film version was partly that he had been approached by the producers Eric and Nicolas Altmeyer and asked to make a biographical film about, and partly his experiences from the where he followed the Socialist Party's candidate Ségolène Royal. While writing the screenplay, Ozon regularly met with Barillet, who gladly approved the tweaks made in order to enhance the story's relevance for contemporary society. The 1970s setting was however kept; this was both because the distance allowed the director to make a more humorous film, and because France was more politically divided in the 1970s, which made the class relations more remarkable. The political career of Suzanne was entirely Ozon's own addition to the story, which in its original incarnation ended when Robert returns to the factory.

The project was led by Mandarin Cinéma with co-production support from Production Services Belgium. Principal photography took place in Belgium from 26 October 2009 and lasted eight weeks. The film was deliberately given a theatrical look in order to create distance and give the audience a constant awareness of watching a work of fiction. An important influence for the visual style was the cinema of. The soundtrack includes with "Emmène-moi danser ce soir", Il était une fois with "Viens faire un tour sous la pluie" and 's "C'est beau la vie".

Release
The film premiered on 4 September 2010 in competition at the. It was released in France and Belgium on 10 November. Launched in 440 prints through Mars Distribution, Potiche had 875,000 admissions during its first week in French theatres. At its peak the film was playing in 542 venues. When the theatrical run ended, the total number of tickets sold in France had reached 2,318,221. As of 28 June 2011, reported that the worldwide theatrical revenues of the film corresponded to 23,157,170 US dollars.

Overseas
A subtitled version in English is due to come out on in October 2011. Clips from the film have recently been appearing in "trailers" subtitled by, with all the dialogue reworded to be about , in order to illustrate how phones can ruin a film.