Set in 1950s France, Populaire tells the story of Rose Pamphyle (François), a young country girl who dreams of escaping the confines of her small village. Who is employed for a job as a secretary at an insurance firm by the dashing bachelor – and failed sportsman – Louis Echard (Romain Duris). On seeing how quickly she types he enters her into a local typing competition and Pamphyle proves she is a THE typist, capable of winning the country’s typing contests. Populaire arrives in cinemas on 31 May.

 

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Déborah François & Romain Duris

 

In a recent interview by the Telegraph Newspaper, Déborah François said: ‘I trained on a typewriter for one week before the casting without telling the director,’ she says, laughing. I asked my dad to find me a typewriter to practise on, and I was so fast at the audition that everyone watching asked whether I had done it much before,’ François says. ‘Of course I didn’t admit to practising. I told them,“I’m just really motivated, I really want the part, I’m ready for competition.” 

Myriam Balerio is the founder and writer of PA Privé. After kick starting her career as a PA and finding success as an assistant, Myriam later trained in digital and online marketing and has since combined the two disciplines in creating PA Privé, the platform through which she provides sage advice for those in the assistant profession and a network for like-mined PAs and EAs to connect. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Myriam has lived in London for over 10 years and currently lives in London with her husband and French bulldog.

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