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Des jours meilleurs

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Suzanne, a widowed mother of three still grieving for her husband, has turned to alcohol to ease her pain, but is having an increasingly tough time maintaining a functioning façade. Until an accident on the way to school changes everything! Social services give Suzanne no choice: if she wants to keep custody of her kids, she must go into rehab. The initial detox is brutal, but Suzanne starts to find strength in the people around her: the abrasive but endearing Alice, an orphan afraid of her origins; Diane, a washed-up actress whose daughter hates her; and Chantal who has lost everything and battles despair with wry humor. In charge of them is Denis, their sports coach and car workshop teacher, who has signed them up for a women's car rally in Morocco. Missing her kids like crazy, Suzanne finally makes a choice and joins forces with the other women, as they slowly and sometimes painfully learn to adapt to life without booze. And as bonds of friendship and solidarity grow between them, the Hope Center women prepare for the race of a lifetime, a challenge that could ultimately bring back their self-respect and save them from themselves.

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Cath Clarke Guardian Better Days is for the most part a modest, honest-feeling drama, insightful about shame and stigma, particularly for female alcoholics, though it is let down a bit by some over-the-top supporting acting. Rated: 3/5 Sep 24, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews
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Elsa Bennett

Director

Hippolyte Dard

Director

Valérie Bonneton

Suzanne

Michèle Laroque

Diane

Sabrina Ouazani

Alice

Clovis Cornillac

Denis
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Synopsis Suzanne, a widowed mother of three still grieving for her husband, has turned to alcohol to ease her pain, but is having an increasingly tough time maintaining a functioning façade. Until an accident on the way to school changes everything! Social services give Suzanne no choice: if she wants to keep custody of her kids, she must go into rehab. The initial detox is brutal, but Suzanne starts to find strength in the people around her: the abrasive but endearing Alice, an orphan afraid of her origins; Diane, a washed-up actress whose daughter hates her; and Chantal who has lost everything and battles despair with wry humor. In charge of them is Denis, their sports coach and car workshop teacher, who has signed them up for a women's car rally in Morocco. Missing her kids like crazy, Suzanne finally makes a choice and joins forces with the other women, as they slowly and sometimes painfully learn to adapt to life without booze. And as bonds of friendship and solidarity grow between them, the Hope Center women prepare for the race of a lifetime, a challenge that could ultimately bring back their self-respect and save them from themselves.
Director
Elsa Bennett, Hippolyte Dard
Producer
Vanessa Djian
Screenwriter
Elsa Bennett, Hippolyte Dard, Louis-Julien Petit
Production Co
Daidai Films
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Runtime
1h 44m