The babysitters rebel in The women of the square. It was when he realized that his 7-year-old son knew details of his nanny’s life that Julien Rambaldi embarked on the adventure of this very well-packaged comedy. “I realized that I didn’t know much about this woman to whom I entrusted my child and that tickled me to the point of writing a screenplay in collaboration with Jean-Luc Gaget.
Under the impetus of a newcomer who does not mince words (Eye Haidara as a fake lawyer with monumental nerve, helped by Ahmed Sylla as a real lawyer who falls under his spell), they begin to fight for their rights to the despair of their bosses, among whom we recognize Léa Drucker (seen recently in Close and colors of fire).
The young woman full of life does more than help her colleagues. By trying to help them, she begins by ruining their existence in a world where they have to be as discreet as possible to survive. In the Square d’Anvers in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, these women meet and exchange often bitter slices of life. However, they will eventually obtain less unfair working conditions.
“These women spend more time with the children they look after than with their own children, and these children spend more time with them than with their own parents,” says the director. They deserve to be given more consideration. Tenderness and respect for women of varied origins permeate a generous comedy of manners, because it ultimately reveals the exploitation of which they are victims.