COACHELLA VALLEY PREMIERE

Directed by Cécile TELERMAN

Synopsis

Based on the runaway bestseller, Katherine Pancol’s novel The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles – Editions Albin Michel.

When her chronically unemployed husband runs off to start a crocodile farm in Kenya with his mistress, Joséphine Cortès is left in an unhappy state of affairs.
The mother of two – confident, beautiful teenage Hortense and shy, babyish Zoé – is forced to maintain a stable family life while making ends meet on her meager salary as a medieval history scholar.
Meanwhile, Joséphine’s charismatic sister Iris seems to have it all – a wealthy husband, gorgeous looks, and a très chic Paris address – but she dreams of bringing meaning back into her life. When Iris charms a famous publisher into offering her a lucrative deal for a twelfth-century romance, she offers her sister a deal of her own: Joséphine will write the novel and pocket all the proceeds, but the book will be published under Iris’s name. All is well – that is, until the book becomes the literary sensation of the season.

FRANCE /// French /// Drama /// 122′

CAST   Julie DEPARDIEU, Emmanuelle BEART, Patrick BRUEL, Alice ISAAZ, Quim GUTIERRIEZ  ///   SCREENPLAY Cécile TELERMAN, Charlotte de CHAMPFLEURY  ///   PRODUCER Manuel MUNZ /// FRENCH DISTRIBUTOR   Wild Bunch France