Patricia Mazuy is an unpredictable director. Her filmography spans thrillers, comedies, and westerns. In Visiting Hours, a social drama mixed with comedy, the director portrays of two women whose fates will soon intertwine. Alma (Isabelle Huppert), from the bourgeois class, and Mina (Hafsia Herzi), a young mother from the working class, first meet in the waiting room of a prison where their husbands are incarcerated. Alma’s husband, a famous doctor, was convicted for a drunk driving accident, while Mina’s husband was found guilty of robbing a jewelry store. But the real victims and the other prisoners here are the women themselves. Their lives revolve around visiting the prison, and the burden of social responsibility for their husbands’ crimes falls on them. They are also captives of their respective social classes. When Mina starts living with Alma, the director doesn’t just focus on the clash between these two classes. Soon, they will find an unexpected way to liberate themselves from each other. (SEO Seunghee)