{"id":1253,"date":"2018-02-09T00:42:06","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T00:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/?page_id=1253"},"modified":"2026-02-21T03:48:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T03:48:36","slug":"plessis-girls","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/2022-winners\/awards-2\/plessis-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"PLESSIS\u2019 GIRLS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PLESSIS\u2019 GIRLS \/ Elles\u2026Les Filles du Plessis<\/strong><\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1518136844382{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]North American Premiere\u00a0<\/strong>\u2022 TV Movie \u2022 Drama \u2022 France, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blu-ray \u2022 Color \u2022 90 min<\/p>\n

Directed by<\/strong>: B\u00e9n\u00e9dicte Delmas
\nWritten by<\/strong>: B\u00e9n\u00e9dicte Delmas, Sylvie Granotier
\nProduced by<\/strong>: K\u2019ien Production
\nCast<\/strong>: Sandrine Bonnaire (La Directrice), Blandine Bellavoir (Dominique), Jean-Michel Martial (Aim\u00e9), Roxane Bret (Marie-France), No\u00e9mie Merlant (Brigitte)
\nInternational Sales<\/strong>: Film and Picture
\nOriginal Broadcast<\/strong>: France 3, March 8, 2016<\/p>\n

Actress B\u00e9n\u00e9dicte Delmas\u2019 directing debut brings to light a little known chapter of the struggle for women\u2019s rights in France. Originally airing on International Women\u2019s Day, the film was a surprise hit. The year is 1971. Nestled deep in a secluded oak grove, a neo-Gothic chateau has been converted into a \u201ctechnical college\u201d for teenaged, unwed mothers. The institution promises a safe, supportive environment where girls can carry their children to term, regardless of the circumstances of their pregnancy. The reality is something else. The primary concern of the staff seems to be preventing scandal for the girls\u2019 families. As for the girls, they are treated as lost causes that must be set on a narrow moral path by stern authority; their children, if not their entire futures, are in the hands of others. Bridgette, Jacqueline and Marie-France are among the girls who want another option: the right to abortion. And they are willing to fight for it.<\/p>\n

Writer\/director B\u00e9n\u00e9dicte Delmas was reading a biography of Simone de Beauvoir when she came upon a passage about a hunger strike in an institute for \u201cfallen women\u201d. Curious, she researched the story and found a 1974 short documentary\u00a0Les enfants du gouvernement<\/em>. After tracking down the director Claude Lefevre-Jourde, Delmas knew it was time to retell this story. From her early career as a model Delmas was cast as the young doctor Laure Olivier in the French soap\u00a0Sous le soleil<\/em>, a role she played for nearly a decade. Increasingly interested in directing, Delmas began directing the show. Then in 2008, she enrolled as a film student at Le F\u00e9mis. Delmas wrote the script with Sylvie Granotier, who as an actress has graced French TV screens since 1977.<\/p>\n

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[vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1518136812833{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] PLESSIS\u2019 GIRLS \/ Elles\u2026Les Filles du Plessis [\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1518136844382{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]North American Premiere\u00a0\u2022 TV Movie \u2022 Drama \u2022 France, 2016 Blu-ray \u2022 Color \u2022 90 min Directed by: B\u00e9n\u00e9dicte Delmas Written by: B\u00e9n\u00e9dicte Delmas, Sylvie Granotier Produced by: K\u2019ien Production Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire (La Directrice), Blandine Bellavoir (Dominique), Jean-Michel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":628,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1253","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1253"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26406,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1253\/revisions\/26406"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}