As he is driving his wife to the maternity ward, Thomas runs over and kills a young man on the road. Marie-France, the mother, will not get over the mourning of her lost son. Nine years have passed. Marie-France has become Thomas’ secretary without him knowing who she is. She dangerously starts to interfere into his life and family until becoming indispensable to him.
Christophe Ali - Director
Nicolas Bonilauri - Director
Christophe Ali - Screenplay
Nicolas Bonilauri - Screenplay
Philippe Blasband - Screenplay
Jacques Sotty - Screenplay
Donato Rotunno - Producer
Tom Dercourt - Producer
Nicolas Massart - Director of Photography
Ewin Ryckaert - Editing
Jérôme Lemonnier - Music
Christophe Ali and Nicolas Bonilauri met in a local cinema in Gennevilliers. In 1999, they founded the production company Ratquirit Films. Having started with short films they moved on to shoot their first feature film, The Rat. In 2003, they began their second feature film, Wild Camp, subsequently selected in the Panorama Selection of the Berlinale, and released in 2006. The Assistant is their third feature film.