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| Wingwomen | |
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| Directed by | Mélanie Laurent |
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| Based on | La Grande Odalisque by |
| Produced by | Sidonie Dumas |
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| Cinematography | Antoine Roch |
| Edited by | Audrey Simonaud |
| Music by | Archive |
Production companies | Gaumont Netflix |
| Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Wingwomen (French: Voleuses) is a 2023 French action comedy film directed by Mélanie Laurent, who also starred in the movie alongside Adèle Exarchopoulos and Manon Bresch. The film was based on the graphic novel La Grande Odalisque by Jérôme Mulot, Florent Ruppert, and Bastien Vivès. It was released by Netflix on 1 November 2023.[1][2]
Plot
editCarole (Mélanie Laurent) and Alex (Adèle Exarchopoulos) are thieves who work pulling heists for an ambiguous figure called The Godmother (Isabelle Adjani). After Carole learns she is pregnant she decides to quit the business. Carole and Alex escape to a secret retreat but they are attacked by mercenaries sent by The Godmother. When Carole goes to confront The Godmother, The Godmother threatens to murder an innocent bystander unless Carole names her price and comes back.
Carole and Alex decide to pull one last heist and bring in Sam, a recently widowed race car driver to be their getaway driver. Initially angry that Sam has been hired, Alex gradually warms to her. Sam learns that Carole met Alex when she was an angry 14 year old and has been working closely with her ever since.
The trio pull off the heist but when meeting The Godmother Carole has Alex assassinate her. Rather than flee before the police arrive Carole tells Alex that unless she surrenders they will never truly be free. Carole tells Alex to live her own life and then is shot by the police. Sam helps a distraught Alex flee.
Four years later Sam approaches Alex who has given up a life of crime. She approaches her for what Alex believes is one last mission only to find that Carole is alive and is living in secret with her daughter, Raoule, the name Alex proposed Carole name her.
Cast
edit- Adèle Exarchopoulos as Alex
- Mélanie Laurent as Carole
- Manon Bresch as Sam
- Isabelle Adjani as Marraine
- Félix Moati as Clarence
- Philippe Katerine as Abner
- Mila Rosenthal as Raoule
Reception
editOn the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 79% of 14 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.2/10.[3]
Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 54 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[4] On AlloCiné, the film received an average rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 11 reviews from French critics.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Lee, Benjamin (1 November 2023). "Wingwomen review – French Netflix crime comedy has a cop-out ending". The Guardian.
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (11 July 2023). "Mélanie Laurent on Debunking Action Movie Stereotypes With Netflix's 'Wingwomen': 'We Wanted It to Be Rock 'n' Roll'". Variety.
- ^ "Wingwomen". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ^ "Wingwomen". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
- ^ "Critiques Presse pour le film Voleuses" (in French). AlloCiné. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
