La voie royale

Farmers' daughter Sophie is a brilliant sixth-form student. Encouraged by her maths teacher she leaves the family farm for Lyon, to prepare for the Grandes Ecoles. She rapidly realises that her dream of attending the elite Polytechnique are less about passing an exam than the true challenge of social mobility...

Directed by: Frédéric Mermoud (France/Switzerland, 2023)
Screenplay by: Anton Likiernik, Frédéric Mermoud, Salvatore Lista
Cast: Suzanne Jouannet (Sophie Vasseur), Marie Colomb (Diane Le Goff), Maud Wyler (Claire Fresnel), Marilyne Canto (Caroline Vasseur), Cyril Metzger (Laurent Vasseur), Lorenzo Lefebvre (Hadrien Loiseau), Alexandre Desrousseaux (Jules), Antoine Chappey (Gérard Vasseur)
Genre: dramedy
Awards: nominated for (Locarno 2023, César Awards 2024)