Émilie Gavois-Kahn

© Caroline Dubois

Annie Gréco has a blue-collar background and plenty of nerve: Annie is an alpha female. She has just been appointed captain in a government experiment, a first in France. Gréco was picked as the ideal guinea pig in this “experiment”. People of every ilk, including the Secretary of the Interior, her ultimate boss, are waiting to see her trip up. If she does, not only will she lose her job but she'll be propaganda material for all those male chauvinists who claim that women can't be trusted with power.

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