The Baronesses

The Baronesses

2025 · 100 min · ★ 5.8 · Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

When 65-year-old Fatima discovers that her husband has been living a double life in Morocco for the past ten years, her world collapses. Furious and determined not to let fate get her way, she decides to pick up where she left off 50 years earlier, when she was to play Hamlet. Together with her best friends Mériem, Romaissa and Inès, three other grandmothers from Molenbeek, these "Baronnes" are about to make a decision that will turn their lives, those of their entourage, their neighborhood and the whole country upside down.

Directed by Nabil Ben Yadir · Written by Nabil Ben Yadir

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Saadia Bentaïeb Fatima
Jan Decleir Lucien
Isabelle Anciaux Meriem's Superior
Halima Amrani
Rachida Bouganhem
Rachida Riahi
Sanya Sridi
Chris Lomme
Joël Delsaut
Pitcho Womba Konga
Mehdi Zellama
Aude-Laurence Clermont Biver Assistant Michel

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