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Wingwomen (2023)

Name: Wingwomen
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Released: 2023-11-01
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Mélanie Laurent, Manon Bresch, Isabelle Adjani, Philippe Katerine

Wingwomen (2023), directed by Mélanie Laurent, starring Adèle Exarchopoulos and Mélanie Laurent.

14 11/01/2023 BR Action, Comedy and Drama 1h 56m

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Synopsis

Tired of life on the run, a pro thief decides to retire — but not before one easy last job with her partner in crime and a feisty new getaway driver.

Antoine RochCinematography
Mélanie LaurentDirector, Screenplay
Audrey SimonaudEditing
Guillaume ColbocProducer

About the film

Wingwomen (French: Voleuses) is a 2023 French action comedy film directed by Mélanie Laurent, who also starred in the movie alongside Adèle Exarchopoulos and Manon Bresch. The film was based on the graphic novel La Grande Odalisque by Jérôme Mulot, Florent Ruppert, and Bastien Vivès. It was released by Netflix on 1 November 2023.

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Plot

Carole (Mélanie Laurent) and Alex (Adèle Exarchopoulos) are thieves who work pulling heists for an ambiguous figure called The Godmother (Isabelle Adjani). After Carole learns she is pregnant she decides to quit the business. Carole and Alex escape to a secret retreat but they are attacked by mercenaries sent by The Godmother. When Carole goes to confront The Godmother, The Godmother threatens to murder an innocent bystander unless Carole names her price and comes back.

Carole and Alex decide to pull one last heist and bring in Sam, a recently widowed race car driver to be their getaway driver. Initially angry that Sam has been hired, Alex gradually warms to her. Sam learns that Carole met Alex when she was an angry 14 year old and has been working closely with her ever since.

The trio pull off the heist but when meeting The Godmother Carole has Alex assassinate her. Rather than flee before the police arrive Carole tells Alex that unless she surrenders they will never truly be free. Carole tells Alex to live her own life and then is shot by the police. Sam helps a distraught Alex flee.

Four years later Sam approaches Alex who has given up a life of crime. She approaches her for what Alex believes is one last mission only to find that Carole is alive and is living in secret with her daughter, Raoule, the name Alex proposed Carole name her.

Cast

Adèle Exarchopoulos as Alex

Mélanie Laurent as Carole

Manon Bresch as Sam

Isabelle Adjani as Marraine

Félix Moati as Clarence

Philippe Katerine as Abner

Mila Rosenthal as Raoule

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 79% of 14 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.2/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 54 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. On AlloCiné, the film received an average rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 11 reviews from French critics.

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Wingwomen at IMDb

Text from Wingwomen on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingwomen

Trivia

It premiered on November 1, 2023, a Wednesday.
It runs 1h56 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "Voleuses".
As of September 20, 2026, it is available in Brazil by subscription on Netflix.
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosGaumont
CountriesFrance
LanguagesFrench
StatusReleased

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Corsica
Paris

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Antoine Roch Cinematography
Mélanie Laurent Director
Audrey Simonaud Editing
Guillaume Colboc Producer
Sidonie Dumas Producer
Cédric Anger Screenplay
Chris Deslandes Screenplay
Mélanie Laurent Screenplay

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What is Wingwomen about?

Wingwomen: Tired of life on the run, a pro thief decides to retire — but not before one easy last job with her partner in crime and a feisty new getaway driver.

Who directed Wingwomen?

Wingwomen was directed by Mélanie Laurent in 2023.

Who stars in Wingwomen?

The cast of Wingwomen includes Adèle Exarchopoulos, Mélanie Laurent, Manon Bresch, Isabelle Adjani and Philippe Katerine.

How long is Wingwomen?

Wingwomen runs for 116 minutes, or 1h56.

Where can I watch Wingwomen?

Wingwomen is available on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads. Availability changes often: the list on this page is the most recent we received.