| Suzanne | |
| Director: | Katell Quillévéré |
| Producer: | Gaëtan David Bruno Levy André Logie |
| Starring: | Sara Forestier François Damiens Adèle Haenel Paul Hamy |
| Music: | Verity Susman |
| Cinematography: | Tom Harari |
| Editing: | Thomas Marchand |
| Distributor: | Mars Distribution |
| Runtime: | 90 minutes |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
| Budget: | $4.4 million[1] |
| Gross: | $2.4 million[2] |
Suzanne is a 2013 French drama film directed by Katell Quillévéré.[3] In January 2014 the film received five nominations at the 39th César Awards,[4] with Adèle Haenel winning the award for Best Supporting Actress.[5]
Following the death of her mother, Suzanne and her younger sister are raised by their father alone. At the age of 17, Suzanne becomes the mother of a son. Her father and her sister support the both of them. Suzanne then falls in love with a gangster named Julien, abandoning her family to follow Julien to Marseille, and eventually ending up in prison. Upon her release, she finds her son Charlie living in a foster family. Trying to put her life together, Suzanne nevertheless falls into old habits when Julien finds her on a bus and persuades her to leave for Morocco with him. Once again abandoning her family, Suzanne has a second child. Returning home she goes to visit her mother's grave and discovers that during her absence her sister Maria has died. Crossing the border back to Morocco, Suzanne, in a fit of grief confesses that she is travelling on a false passport. In prison Suzanne is visited by her father, teenage son and toddler daughter and watches as her son and daughter play together.
Suzanne has a 91% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes[6] and a 75/100 on Metacritic.[7]