

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
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.