The Girl in the Air (1992)

Who would have expected Brigitte to marry a prisoner with a long sentence in the first place? In this romantic action movie, that is only the first in a long line of surprising actions by the young woman. Somehow, she manages to get hooked to the young prisoner before realizing that he'll be locked up for another three or four decades. She decides that this is much too long to wait to spend time with her sweetheart and decides to learn how to fly a helicopter. Why? So she can fly in and take him out of his prison yard, which is exactly what she does, thrilling romantics all over France and seriously upsetting the authorities. This award-winning film is based on a true incident from 1986.
- Released
- 1992-05-26
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Maroun Bagdadi
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 from 7 votes
Cast
- Béatrice Dalle as Brigitte
- Thierry Fortineau as Daniel
- Hippolyte Girardot as Philippe
- Roland Bertin as Maître Lefort
- Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Marcel
- Catherine Jacob as Rose
- Jean-Paul Roussillon as Raymond
- Liliane Rovère as The Mother
- Louise Laure Mariani as Celine
- Arno Chevrier as Micky
- Élizabeth Macocco as Chief guard
- Isabelle Candelier as Jacqueline