Potiche

It's 1977 and women's liberation is in the air but Suzanne is still the self-effacing, elegant housewife of wealthy industrialist Robert Pujol. Pujol oversees his umbrella factory with an iron fist and is equally tyrannical with his children and trophy housewife; When the workers go on strike and take Robert hostage, Suzanne steps in to manage the factory. Her new role throws her back in touch with the union leader, a romantic fling from the past that still has sparks.