The Girl in the Air

Overview

Who would have expected Brigitte to marry a prisoner with a long sentence in the first place? In this romantic action movie, that is only the first in a long line of surprising actions by the young woman. Somehow, she manages to get hooked to the young prisoner before realizing that he'll be locked up for another three or four decades. She decides that this is much too long to wait to spend time with her sweetheart and decides to learn how to fly a helicopter. Why? So she can fly in and take him out of his prison yard, which is exactly what she does, thrilling romantics all over France and seriously upsetting the authorities. This award-winning film is based on a true incident from 1986.

Cast

Béatrice Dalle

Brigitte

N/A

Thierry Fortineau

Daniel

Hippolyte Girardot

Philippe

Roland Bertin

Maître Lefort

Jean-Claude Dreyfus

Marcel

Catherine Jacob

Rose

Jean-Paul Roussillon

Raymond

Liliane Rovère

The Mother

N/A

Louise Laure Mariani

Celine

Arno Chevrier

Micky

Élizabeth Macocco

Chief guard

Isabelle Candelier

Jacqueline