Darling is a woman of today. It seems to always choose the wrong path. Suffers but does not look like a victim. Do not feel sorry for herself. On the contrary, shows a passion for life against all odds. She is struggling to exist. If you fall, get up. Because Darling is naive and fearless, brave and instinctive. Has the life force of a tragic heroine.
Acting
Marina Foïs is feral, tender, and absolutely relentless.
Direction
Carrière refuses to judge her protagonist — devastating restraint.
Director
Christine Carrière
Marina Foïs
Catherine / Sophie / Cécile Nicolle / dite 'Darling'
Guillaume Canet
Joël Epine dit 'Roméo'
Anne Benoît
Suzanne Nicolle - la mère de Darling
Marc Brunet
Georges Nicolle - le père de Darling
Sissi Duparc
Chantal Clément
Hervé Lassïnce
Vincent Blandamour
Eloïse Charretier
La collègue de cantine
Daniel Milgram
Le docteur Coligny
Christel Baras
Madame Blanchard
Raphaël Bouvet
Kevin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Marina Foïs reportedly spent months in the actual town, working at the same factory as her character.
Based on Marie-Térèse Cuny's novel, itself inspired by a real woman whose cycle of reinvention and collapse fascinated 1990s France.
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