Azazel Jacobs, Michelle Pfeiffer & Lucas Hedges star in "French Exit" "French Exit" Due to financial incapacity after her husband’s death, aging socialite Frances (Michelle Pfeiffer) is forced to move out of her luxurious Manhattan apartment and into a small, empty flat in Paris with her son Malcolm (Lucas Hedges) and their pet cat. As they try to rebuild their lives, they meet a plethora of colorful characters: the lonely Mme. Reynard (Valerie Mahaffey), psychic Madeleine (Danielle Macdonald), and private detective Julius (Isaach De Bankolé). This movie, based on Patrick DeWitt’s novel of the same name, is directed by Azazel Jacobs.