Driving Madeleine

Driving Madeleine (Une belle course) is a 2022 French-Belgian drama film directed by Christian Carion.

Premise
The film stars Line Renaud as Madeleine, an elderly Parisian woman, who is moving into a nursing home; en route, she asks taxi driver Charles (Dany Boon) to detour to various locations around the city that have meant something to her in her life.

Cast

 * Line Renaud as Madeleine
 * Dany Boon as Charles
 * Alice Isaaz as Young Madeleine
 * Jérémie Laheurte as Ray
 * Gwendoline Hamon as Denise
 * Julie Delarme as Karine
 * Thomas Alden as Mathieu
 * Hadriel Roure as Young Mathieu

Production
The film entered production in mid-2021.

Release
The film premiered on August 23, 2022 at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival. It was also screened as a special presentation at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, before going into commercial release on September 21. The film was released theatrically in the United States on January 12, 2024 by Cohen Media Group.