JACKY IN THE KINGDOM OF WOMEN
by Riad Sattouf
synopsis
In the Democratic and Popular Republic of Bubunne, women have the power, they rule and fight wars, while men wear headscarves and look after the home. Among them, Jacky a twenty-year-old male, has the same impossible fantasy as all the rest of the single men in his country: to marry the Colonel, the dictator's daughter, and have lots of baby girls with her. But when the General at last decides to organize a great ball to find a husband for her daughter, things get worse for Jacky: mistreated by his family-in-law, he watches his dream slowly slip out of reach.
international title: | Jacky in the Kingdom of Women |
original title: | Jacky au royaume des filles |
country: | France |
sales agent: | Pathé International |
year: | 2014 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Riad Sattouf |
release date: | FR 29/01/2014, BE 29/01/2014, DE 19/02/2015 |
screenplay: | Riad Sattouf |
cast: | Vincent Lacoste, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Didier Bourdon, Anémone, Valérie Bonneton, Michel Hazanavicius, Noémie Lvovsky, Nicolas Maury, Anamaria Vartolomei |
cinematography by: | Josée Deshaies |
film editing: | Virginie Bruant |
art director: | Alain Guffroy |
costumes designer: | Olivier Ligen |
music: | Riad Sattouf |
producer: | Anne-Dominique Toussaint |
co-producer: | Romain Le Grand, Florian Genetet-Morel, Frédérique Dumas |
production: | Les Films des Tournelles, Pathé Films, Orange Studio, France 2 Cinéma, Alvy Productions |
distributor: | Pathé Distribution, Alternative Films |