TIFF 2017 Movie Review: CATCH THE WIND (PRENDRE LE LARGE) (France 2017)

Director:

Gaël Morel

Writer:

Gaël Morel

Stars:

Sandrine Bonnaire, Lubna Azabal, Ilian Bergala

CATCH THE WIND is a personal look at what happens when companies second source to a cheaper country. The story concerns Edith (Sandrine Bonnaire) informed that the job she’s held for her entire adult life is being relocated to Morocco. She refuses to accept a healthy severance package.

Against the advice of her colleagues, her self-absorbed son, and even the consultant hired to fire her, Edith instead opts to follow her job to Tangier.

Arriving with the naïve energy of a teenager on their first overseas trip, Edith realizes before…