À Plein Temps
Nerve-wracking drama, which feels more like a thriller, about a single mother who finds herself in a race against time on the day of an important job interview.
Every day, Julie rushes from her job at a luxury hotel in the busy Parisian city centre back to the countryside to look after her two children. With the incessant rhythm of washing, ironing, cooking, paying bills and shopping, the single mother is forced to live life in the fast lane. When she finally gets a job interview for a position she had long been hoping for, a national strike breaks out, paralysing the public transport system. The fragile balance that Julie has established is jeopardised. Julie then sets off on a frantic race against time, at the risk of faltering.
In À PLEIN TEMPS, director Eric Gravel manages to give the daily routine of a single mother the exhilarating tension of a thriller. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival, where it won awards for best director and best actress in the Orrizonti section.