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BETTER DAYS

by Elsa Bennett, Hippolyte Dard

synopsis

Suzanne, a widowed mother of three still grieving for her husband, has turned to alcohol to ease her pain, but is having an increasingly tough time maintaining a functioning façade. Until an accident on the way to school changes everything! Social services give Suzanne no choice: if she wants to keep custody of her kids, she must go into rehab. The initial detox is brutal, but Suzanne starts to find strength in the people around her: the abrasive but endearing Alice, an orphan afraid of her origins; Diane, a washed-up actress whose daughter hates her; and Chantal who has lost everything and battles despair with wry humor. In charge of them is Denis, their sports coach and car workshop teacher, who has signed them up for a women’s car rally in Morocco. Missing her kids like crazy, Suzanne finally makes a choice and joins forces with the other women, as they slowly and sometimes painfully learn to adapt to life without booze. And as bonds of friendship and solidarity grow between them, ...

international title: Better Days
original title: Des jours meilleurs
country: France, Belgium
sales agent: Studio TF1 Distribution (ex-Newen Connect)
year: 2025
genre: fiction
directed by: Elsa Bennett, Hippolyte Dard
film run: 104'
release date: FR 23/04/2025, BE 23/04/2025, CH 23/04/2025
screenplay: Elsa Bennett, Hippolyte Dard, Louis-Julien Petit
cast: Valérie Bonneton, Michèle Laroque, Sabrina Ouazani, Clovis Cornillac, Sophia Leboutte, Myriem Akheddiou, Laurence Cottet, Manuel Ginion, Corentin Camus, Félix Briand
cinematography by: Thomas Lerebour
film editing: Fabrice Rouaud, Emmanuel Ferrier
art director: Noëlle Van Parys
costumes designer: Laetitia Bouix
music: Clémence Ducreux
producer: Vanessa Djian
production: Daï Daï Films, France 3 Cinéma, Wild Bunch Production, Capa (Capa Presse/Capa Drama), STUDIO TF1 Cinéma, Les Gens
distributor: Wild Bunch Distribution, Pathé Films AG

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