VICTORIA AND ABDUL (VO-st-fr)

VICTORIA AND ABDUL tells the extraordinary true story of an unexpected friendship at the end of the landmark reign of Queen Victoria (played by Academy Award winner Judi Dench). When Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal), a young employee, travels from India to attend Queen Victoria's jubilee, he is surprised to find himself granted favors by the Queen herself. While the queen questions the constraints inherent to her long reign, the two characters will form an improbable alliance, demonstrating a great mutual loyalty that the Queen's family as well as her close entourage will do everything to destroy. As the friendship deepens, the Queen rediscovers her joy and her humanity and realizes through a new perspective that the world is in profound change.