
Forward, Calm and Straight
Drama
Overview
Ten days in the life of a thirty-six-year-old woman.Ten days of a legal and administrative marathon, that turns obsessional, to get a mother back; a mother who does not even want to be one. Ten days for a transformation: a girl who becomes a woman, a woman who finally understands that someone's happiness cannot be made despite oneself, and certainly not despite her own mother.
Top Cast


Julie-Anne Roth
Julie-Anne Roth
Romy
Julie-Anne Roth
Romy


Marie Denarnaud
Marie Denarnaud
Barbara
Marie Denarnaud
Barbara


Maurice Barthélemy
Maurice Barthélemy
Alfred
Maurice Barthélemy
Alfred


Anne Benoît
Anne Benoît
La mère de Romy
Anne Benoît
La mère de Romy
Lucie Cherboeuf
Lucie Cherboeuf
Belle
Lucie Cherboeuf
Belle


Alma Jodorowsky
Alma Jodorowsky
Tess
Alma Jodorowsky
Tess


Cyril Gueï
Cyril Gueï
Cyril Gueï


Christiane Millet
Christiane Millet
Christiane Millet


Florence Muller
Florence Muller
Florence Muller


Laurent Papot
Laurent Papot
Laurent Papot
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