Normal
5.9
14-year-old Lucie is a resourceful teenager who takes care of her loving yet unreliable father, William, who has multiple sclerosis. Whilst William hangs out in his wardrobe and devises pranks and jokes to make his daughter smile, Lucie tries her best at school while juggling a job in a sandwich shop and all the chores at home. Her vividly imaginative mind and the novel she is writing are her only distractions. But when a social worker is appointed to visit them, Lucie and William elaborate a complex plan to make social services believe they live a perfectly normal life.
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Cast
9 people
Justine Lacroix
Lucie
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Benoît Poelvoorde
William
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Steve Tientcheu
Dominique Toussaint
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Pablo Pauly
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Sofian Khammes
Sélim
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Joseph Rozé
Etienne
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Geoffrey Carey
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Stéphanie Bainville
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Saadia Bentaïeb
professeure de physique
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Olivier Babinet Director · Juliette Sales Screenplay Fabien Suarez Screenplay
Budget $4M · First release December 13, 2022 · Produced in Belgium, France
Box office
Budget
$4,000,000
Production
Haut et Court
Production
Tarantula
Production
France 2 Cinéma
Production
RTBF
Production
VOO
Production
BeTV
Production
Proximus
Production
Canal+
Production
Ciné+
Production
France Télévisions
Production
Wallimage
Production
CNC
Production
Radio Télévision Belge Francophone
Production
Belgium · France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Normale
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · December 13, 2022
Premiere · Les ARCS Film Festival 2022
France · April 5, 2023
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Australia
August 14, 2024 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
France
August 23, 2023 · Physical · DVD
October 27, 2023 · TV · Canal+ Cinéma(s)
August 4, 2025 · TV · France 3
September 7, 2026 · TV · TV5 Monde
Sweden
June 2, 2023 · Theatrical
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