TAKE ME HOME
by Michel Tavares, Karine Blanc
synopsis
How do you revive a little town with a shrinking population? Apparently beautiful new apartments with mountain views aren’t enough! Mayor Paul’s ambitious housing project falls flat and he’s under pressure to keep the local school from closing. Luckily, struggling singer Joe-Lynn rides into town with her two kids, desperate to find an apartment and get away from her violent ex. The mayor cynically uses her to save the school. Joe-Lynn doesn’t fit in, but she doesn’t mind. Her enthusiastic initiatives shake up the town. Despite himself, the mayor is touched by Joe-Lynn’s determination to get back on her feet. When she convinces him not to sell out to developers of a resort hotel, but instead repurpose the apartment building as government housing for single mothers like herself, Mayor Paul realizes he may have found an original solution to bring his dying little town back to life. Can they work together to make the project happen?
international title: | Take Me Home |
original title: | Monsieur le maire |
country: | France |
sales agent: | STUDIO TF1 Distribution (ex-Newen Connect) |
year: | 2023 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Michel Tavares, Karine Blanc |
film run: | 102' |
release date: | FR 1/11/2023 |
screenplay: | Karine Blanc, Michel Tavares |
cast: | Clovis Cornillac, Eye Haïdara, Laurence Côte, Jean-Pierre Martins, Sophie Guillemin, Shirel Nataf, Cassie Makoumbo, Nelson Petronaci, Olivia Côte, Hubert Delattre |
cinematography by: | Romain Le Bonniec |
film editing: | Marie-Pierre Frappier |
art director: | Léa Philippon |
costumes designer: | Lisa Korn |
producer: | Yves Marmion |
production: | Les Films du 24, Les Films du Premier, France 3 Cinéma, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma |
distributor: | UGC Distribution |