We give you the pitch, it’s up to you to find which of Karin Viard, Catherine Frot (or both) plays in the film! Karin Viard is currently playing the drama A mother.
If they have rarely shared the poster of the same film, they have in common to be among the most popular actresses in France and their name is associated with great public successes, from La Famille Bélier for one to Diner cons for the other: Karin Viard and Catherine Frot.
On the occasion of the release of A Mother, with Karin Viard headlining a highly dramatic role, here is a quiz on the pitches of films by Karin Viard, Catherine Frot (or both). Can you find which of the two plays in the film, when it’s not both?
Karin Viard and Catherine Frot have another point in common in having alternated between popular comedies and much more dramatic auteur films. If this quiz focuses mainly on the comic side of their respective careers, it is indeed on the poster of a very dark drama to which Karin Viard finds herself attached this week.
A Mother, directed by Sylvie Audcoeur, was even written for Karin Viard: “To play this woman who viscerally wants to kill, you needed an actress with extremely animal instincts. And to which we can identify“, confides the screenwriter and director of the film in the press kit. “Karin brought a lot of emotions with who she is, with her body, with her look…“
The pitch is as follows: Aline has never managed to mourn her son who died at 17 in a brawl. When she crosses by chance her attacker, just released from prison, she decides to build a plan to get revenge. As determined as she is, Aline begins to doubt as she gets to know the young man.
A mother is currently in theaters. As for Catherine Frot, recently on the poster of La Fine Fleur and Des Hommes, she is expected in A happy man, with Fabrice Luchini, in theaters on February 8, 2023.