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2015 French film

The Assistant
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Directed by	Christophe Ali Nicolas Bonilauri
Written by	Christophe Ali Nicolas Bonilauri Jacques Sotty Philippe Blasband
Produced by	Tom Dercourt Donato Rotunno
Starring	Nathalie Baye Malik Zidi
Cinematography	Nicolas Massart
Edited by	Ewin Ryckaert
Music by	Jérôme Lemonnier
Production companies	Cinéma Defacto Artémis Productions Tarantula Luxembourg
Distributed by	Bac Films (France)
Release dates	15 June 2015 (2015-06-15) (Champs-Élysées) 2 September 2015 (2015-09-02) (France)
Running time	87 minutes
Countries	France Belgium Luxembourg
Language	French

The Assistant (original title: La Volante) is a 2015 drama-thriller film directed by Christophe Ali and Nicolas Bonilauri and starring Nathalie Baye and Malik Zidi.

Plot

One night, while driving his pregnant wife Audrey to the hospital, Thomas accidentally knocks down and kills a young man on the road. Several years later, Marie-France, the mother of the deceased man, is still unable to recover from the tragedy. She becomes a personal assistant for Thomas, who remains completely unaware of her identity. Soon, Marie-France carries out a methodical plan, making herself become indispensable to Thomas, while interfering in his family affairs and also approaching his son Léon.

Cast

Nathalie Baye as Marie-France Ducret
Malik Zidi as Thomas Lemans
Johan Leysen as Éric Lemans
Sabrina Seyvecou as Audrey Lemans
Jean Stan Du Pac as Léo Lemans
Pierre-Alain Chapuis as Jean-Marc
Hervé Sogne as Pierre
Aïssatou Diop as Iman

References

"The Assistant". Bac Films International.
"'The Assistant' ('La Volante'): Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 7 September 2015.

External links

The Assistant at IMDb

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