Petites vacances à Knokke-le-Zoute

Some kind of update of René Allio 's "la vieille dame indigne" ,though Miou- Miou , only nearing sixty at the time, and who ages gracefully , does not look like an old woman at all .

Micheline has been living in her house (kitchen more like) for all her life;the perfect housewife , she gave birth to three children,now grown-ups ,and she has made an important decision :to take her driving test ; for the macho husband (Jean -Luc Bidault) ,it's a waste of money because a woman's place is her home .She will have to pay her lessons with her savings.

The first part is primarily funny:the new student almost drove her driving instructor to distraction :she does not even know that the first thing you must do before starting is to fasten your security belt; going into first or reverse is not evident. Miou-Miou's stupefied looks are riotously comic .

The second part ,is more nostalgic , and sometimes leaves a bitter taste in the mouth ; the driving license is her liberation, the opportunity to go where she wants ,without her hubby's burdensome presence ; for her trip to Knokke-Le -Zout ,Belgium ,she takes with her the neighbours' teenager , an autistic : for him,too ,it's his first real travel ; this odd couple is really endearing ; all in all,in spite of some filler , a nice little film.