LES IRRÉDUCTIBLES (The Indomitable)

Director: Renaud Bertrand
Soko's role: Lucie
With: Kad Merad, Anne Brochet
Released: 14 June 2006 (France)
Length: 96 minutes
Genre: dramedy
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1

The film was written by Marc Herpoux. Dominique Mérillon, and Sébastien Thibaudeau.

Two 40 year old factory workers, Gérard and Michel, lose their jobs. Since they failed to finish high school, they find the labour market difficult, so they decide to return to high school to get their diplomas. The fact that Michel has a son in high school complicates matters.

Soko - les irreductibes
Soko and Edouard Collin

The filmis set in and around Bordeaux, Soko's home town. Soko plays Lucie, the girlfriend and fellow student of Michel's son Philippe, and first appears onscreen about 27 minutes into the film.

The real star of Les Iirréductibles is Anne Brochet, who turns in a brilliant comedic performance. The scene in the hairdresser's shop in which she turns a customer's wash and set into a threatening and very sexual dance with scissors is extraordinary. And she has an elegant scene where, alone at home, she dances with a vase of flowers.

Anne Brochet

There are bicycles in this film, lots of bicycles. In many scenes, the characters are partially obscured by this or that in the unique style of Director Bertrand, but the scenes with Brochet are mostly full-screen and quite colourful.

The Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra provides most of the original music, and two songs ("Donde estas Yolanda", and "Let's Never Fall in Love Again") are by Pink Martini.

Soko in Les Irreductibles

Valérie Kaprisky (Laurence) was also Sophie Grimaud, the prime suspect in DOUBLEFACE, which was also an episode of Valence in which Soko appeared. Doubleface aired on French television about three months before Les irréductibles was released.

Les irreductibles poster

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