The opening title card of François Ozon’s 1977-set Potiche seems to take design inspiration from the exploitation films of that period — a sneaky-smart way of nodding to one of this pastel-colored ...

When Robert is sidelined by a heart attack, Suzanne steps in and calls on the help of a long-ago lover, the politically active Babin (Gerard Depardieu). No one takes her seriously as the head of the ...

“Potiche” is a glossy throwback made with a modern eye, an old-fashioned romantic fantasy starring Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu that’s been knowingly updated with tart, contemporary touches.

“Potiche” is a glossy throwback made with a modern eye, an old-fashioned romantic fantasy starring Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu that’s been knowingly updated with tart, contemporary touches.

Catherine Deneuve has a formidable mask, and not only onscreen. I'd seen her in person only once before, at a party at the Venice Film Festival, and you would no more want to impose on her privacy in ...

As Suzanne, Catherine Deneuve plays the title role in Potiche, a 1970s period piece that translates as “trophy wife.” She is married to the smarmy, unfaithful Robert (Fabrice Luchini), whose primary ...

Pairing up Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu pays dividends in the daft feather-light French farce "Potiche," a period piece designed to remind us of just how far and how fast women have come in ...

Potiche (roughly translated: Trophy Wife) made the festival rounds late last year prior to an international release concentrated in the European Union. To promote the March 25 domestic release, Music ...

Director Francois Ozon shows a meticulous attention to period detail in his 1977-set French comedy "Potiche" -- from the kitschy titles to the sunshine-yellow countertops to Judith Godreche's ...

In French, a “potiche” is the sort of pretty but useless little vase you put up on a bookshelf and forget. It’s also slang for what Americans call a “trophy wife.” But in “Potiche,” Suzanne is tired ...

François Ozon likes to surprise audiences but his latest film, "Potiche" (opened April 15 at Landmark's La Jolla Village Theaters) returns to the tone and style of his "8 Women." François Ozon has ...

If Hillary and Tenzing were to erect a tent at Everest's peak, on stilts, the overall effect could not be more high camp than this bizarre and often hilarious 1970s-set drawing-room comedy from French ...