The Baronesses
When 65-year-old Fatima discovers that her husband has been living a double life in Morocco for the past ten years, her world collapses. Furious and determined not to let fate get her way, she decides to pick up where she left off 50 years earlier, when she was to play Hamlet. Together with her best friends Mériem, Romaissa and Inès, three other grandmothers from Molenbeek, these "Baronnes" are about to make a decision that will turn their lives, those of their entourage, their neighborhood and the whole country upside down.
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Cast
Saadia Bentaïeb
Fatima
Jan Decleir
Lucien
Isabelle Anciaux
Meriem's Superior
Halima Amrani
Rachida Bouganhem
Rachida Riahi
Sanya Sridi
Chris Lomme
Joël Delsaut
Pitcho Womba Konga
Mehdi Zellama
Aude-Laurence Clermont Biver
Assistant Michel
Jean-Mathias Pondant
Anne Schmitz
May Uhoda
Peter van den Begin
Elodie Barthels
Resident Teacher (uncredited)
Overview
When 65-year-old Fatima discovers that her husband has been living a double life in Morocco for the past ten years, her world collapses. Furious and determined not to let fate get her way, she decides to pick up where she left off 50 years earlier, when she was to play Hamlet. Together with her best friends Mériem, Romaissa and Inès, three other grandmothers from Molenbeek, these "Baronnes" are about to make a decision that will turn their lives, those of their entourage, their neighborhood and the whole country upside down.