The Girl in the Air
1992, French. Directed by Maroun Bagdadi.
Who would have expected Brigitte to marry a prisoner with a long sentence in the first place? In this romantic action movie, that is only the first in a long line of surprising actions by the young woman. Somehow, she manages to get hooked to the young prisoner before realizing that he'll be locked up for another three or four decades. She decides that this is much too long to wait to spend time with her sweetheart and decides to learn how to fly a helicopter. Why? So she can fly in and take him out of his prison yard, which is exactly what she does, thrilling romantics all over France and seriously upsetting the authorities. This award-winning film is based on a true incident from 1986.
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Maroun BagdadiDirector
- Béatrice DalleBrigitte
- Thierry FortineauDaniel
- Hippolyte GirardotPhilippe
- Roland BertinMaître Lefort
- Jean-Claude DreyfusMarcel
- Catherine JacobRose
- Jean-Paul RoussillonRaymond
- Liliane RovèreThe Mother
- Louise Laure MarianiCeline
- Arno ChevrierMicky
- Élizabeth MacoccoChief guard
- Isabelle CandelierJacqueline
Details
- Released
- 26 May 1992
- Original title
- La Fille de l'air
- Country
- France
- Written by
- Nadine Vaujour, Dan Frank, Maroun Bagdadi
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The Girl in the Air runs 103 minutes (1h 43m).
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The Girl in the Air isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 26 May 1992. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Girl in the Air?
If you liked The Girl in the Air, try 36th Precinct, King Ivory, The Public Eye.
Who directed The Girl in the Air?
The Girl in the Air (1992) was directed by Maroun Bagdadi and stars Béatrice Dalle, Thierry Fortineau, Hippolyte Girardot.