The Godmother

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What happens when a middle-aged woman, worn down by responsibility and financial worries, decides to confront capitalism with its own weapons? Madame Portefeux, an Arabic translator with piercing blue eyes, leads a miserable life. Money is tight, her elderly mother is dying, and the world is rife with injustice. Then an unexpected opportunity arises that must be seized. Everything changes… This sharp assessment and a dazzling display of dark humor depict the career shift of court translator Patience Portefeux in a fast-paced crime comedy and a biting commentary on the past and present of European conditions. Patience Portefeux has had enough and suddenly becomes The Old Woman: a woman without morals, but armed with wit, anger, and enough knowledge to distinguish between cliché and reality.