How Mom Turned To Armed Robbery

Itinéraire d’une maman braqueuse

TV MOVIE 2 x 52'' or 104’
Drama

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When it comes to earning a decent life for her kids, she'll do whatever it takes.
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Clara Bourreau and Cécile Lugiez

Directed by

Alexandre Castagnetti (A New Girl in Paris, Tamara, Stand by Love)

Starring

Cécile Rebboah (Fear by the Lake, How Mum Turned To Armed Robbery, Red Band Club)
Medi Sadoun (Serial (Bad) Weddings 1 & 2)
Claire Nadeau (The Tuche Family)
Catherine Allégret (Tomorrow Is Ours)
Jules Houplain
Simon Aouizerate
Pascal Demolon (Divorce à la française, Radiostars, Merry Christmas)

Production

Elephant Story and TF1

2019 / Original language: French / Color / 2.00 / available in hd

Based on the true story
Adapted from the novel « Itinéraire d’une maman braqueuse» published by Max Milo Editions


Laura becomes a single mom to her two sons after leaving her unfaithful husband. All she really wants are life's simple pleasures: a comfortable home, a job that pays the bills and a nice meal from time to time. But soon she goes into debt and has to depend upon credit just to get by.
Despite her best intentions and hard work, even a second job, she just can't make ends meet. Creditors harass her. They want to take everything - even her dignity. Desperate, Laura can see only one solution left to save her family: stage a hold-up

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Average of 3.71 M viewers on TF1 Prime Time
with 16.3% market share 4+
and 19.5% market share Housewives





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"This fiction about financial insecurity hits just the right tone"
TV Grandes Chaines

"A cry for help"
Télé Magazine

"Based on a true story, this fiction about financial insecurity hits the right nerve, by questioning our society and its crushing machinery".
Télé Z
"Cécile Rebboah puts her whole body and soul into it, playing a wide scale of emotions with subtlety."
Télé Z

"This new social-themed one-off by TF1 stands out from the rest"
Télé Cable Satellite
"Cécile Rebboah, tragic and dazzling"
Télé Cable Satellite

"A great social-themed drama"
Télé Cable Satellite


"A poignant new fiction" Télé 2 Semaines
"A human drama told with sensitivity"
Télé 2 Semaines

"Cécile Rebboah shines like a star. A poignant role for which she earned the Best Actress Award"
Télé 7 Jours

"As moving as it is alarming, this hellish journey of a single mother calls society to task for its blind and unjust attitude towards financial insecurity."
Télé Poche

"The fight of a mother pushed to her limits, the destiny of a woman enslaved by debt"
Le Figaro

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