JACKY IN THE KINGDOM OF WOMEN
D: Riad Sattouf (2014) ¢ ¢ 1/2
Vincent Lacoste, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Didier Bourdon,
Anémone, Michel Hazenavicius, Valérie Bonneton
An upside-down Cinderella story set in a society where women wield absolute power and men are sheep. Charlotte Gainsbourg plays the Prince Charming figure, faced with choosing a mate from thousands of groveling, submissive men. There's a reveal - a literal one - at the end that's both a shock and somehow not much of a surprise. As satire, this is a little too on-the-nose, and as comedy it's a little too silly, but . . . Charlotte Gainsbourg. The odds of it ever playing in Iran or Afghanistan are zero.
