Early 1990’s, the south of France. Katy, Hélène, Laurence and Carole have been best friends since childhood. Now in their twenties, they find themselves struggling with hardship and limited opportunities in their sunny small hometown. Despite their challenging circumstances, they have maintained a resilient and cheerful spirit, supporting each other throughout life’s ups and downs. But their lives take a dramatic turn when Hélène, a single mother of three, receives a sudden notification that her welfare checks have been reduced, threatening her ability to support her family. Overwhelmed by this injustice and feeling powerless in the face of societal inequalities, the five women are driven by a fierce desire to change the course of their lives. They make the shocking decision to rob a bank, and soon commit a series of increasingly daring heists.
screenplay
Mélissa Drigeard
Vincent Juillet
cinematography
Stéphane Vallée
editing
Sabine Emiliani
music
Chloé Thévenin
production design
Serge Borgel
costumes
Frédéric Cambier
cast
Lyna Khoudri (Katy)
Laura Felpin (Laurence)
Izïa Higelin (Hélène)
Mallory Wanecque (Carole)
Kenza Fortas (Malika)
Moussa Maaskri (Adel)
producer
Julien Madon
production
Cheyenne Federation
co-producers
Bastien Sirodot
Laurent Jacobs
co-productions
France 2 Cinema
Be Tv
Orange
world sales
Ginger & Fed
www.federationstudios.com
“It all started with the podcast by Fabrice Drouelle, Affaire Sensible. My co-writer Vincent Juillet happened to catch the one that was about the Gang des Amazones and told me, ‘You have to hear this! It’s an amazing story!’ I did, and I was fascinated by the road these five young women had gone down. Childhood friends from the working-class neighborhoods in Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, some of them even mothers now, and one day they decide to some something crazy like rob a bank? How did they get to this point?”
Mélissa Drigeard is a French actress, director, and screenwriter, born in Paris. She pursued a career in advertising after completing her studies, first as a copywriter at the advertising agency Young & Rubicam for two years, before giving up that job to pursue a career as an actress. She then realized that being an actress was not enough for her and began writing her first play, Les Quatre Deneuve, in which she featured. She wrote the series Quadras (2017) and co-wrote and directed Never on the First Night (2014), Tout nous sourit (2020), and Hawaii (2023).
2025 Le gang des Amazones
2022 Hawaii
2020 Tout nous sourit
2014 Jamais le premier soir
