Catch the Wind (2017 film)

Catch the Wind (French: Prendre le large) is a 2017 French drama film directed by Gaël Morel. It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.^[2]

Catch the Wind
Film poster
French	Prendre le large
Directed by	Gaël Morel
Written by	Gaël Morel Rachid O.
Produced by	Anthony Doncque Miléna Poylo Gilles Sacuto
Starring	Sandrine Bonnaire
Cinematography	David Chambille
Edited by	Catherine Schwartz
Music by	Camille Rocailleux
Production company	TS Productions
Distributed by	Les Films du Losange
Release date	8 September 2017 (2017-09-08) (TIFF)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	$322,000[1]

Synopsis

Edith, a 45-year-old textile worker, has to choose when the bosses of her factory in Villefranche-sur-Saône decide to relocate the company to Morocco.^[3] Unattached since her son left, she is the only worker who agrees to leave in order to avoid unemployment, and so she arrives in Tangiers.^[4] She will be confronted with many trials, but will discover friendship.

Cast

• Sandrine Bonnaire as Édith Clerval
• Mouna Fettou as Mina
• Ilian Bergala as Jérémy (Édith's son)
• Kamal El Amri as Ali (Mina's son)
• Soumaya Akaaboune as Madame Saïni
• Nisrine Erradi as Karima
• Farida Ouchani as Najat
• Lubna Azabal as Nadia
• Nathanaël Maïni as Thierry (Jérémy's partner)