99 mins |
Rated
TBC
Starring Roschdy Zem, Louis Garrel, Anouk Grinberg, Manda Touré, Léa Wiazemsky, Yanisse Kebbab, Jean-Claude Pautot, Florent Masarin
The Innocent
Part crime thriller, part family farce, Louis Garrel's The Innocent shows with panache and pathos the dangerous lengths two men go, and the outlandish lies they tell, for the women they love. Uptight Abel (Garrel) loves his mother, Sylvie (Anouk Grinberg), and worries when she hastily marries Michel (Roschdy Zem), a convict, just before his release from prison. Suspicious of Michel’s reformed ways, Abel follows him through the streets of Paris alongside a confidante played by Noémie Merlant and soon finds himself in over his head as he attempts to navigate a world of criminal mischief. Long justly celebrated for his talent as an actor, Louis Garrel has emerged as an increasingly accomplished writer-director in his own right, and his latest comedy is his finest, most accomplished and surprising yet.
“A humanistic story wrapped in a fun, punchy exterior, much like the French synth-pop music throughout its soundtrack.” - Claire Shaffer, New York Times
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The Innocent
Part crime thriller, part family farce, Louis Garrel's The Innocent shows with panache and pathos the dangerous lengths two men go, and the outlandish lies they tell, for the women they love. Uptight Abel (Garrel) loves his mother, Sylvie (Anouk Grinberg), and worries when she hastily marries Michel (Roschdy Zem), a convict, just before his release from prison. Suspicious of Michel’s reformed ways, Abel follows him through the streets of Paris alongside a confidante played by Noémie Merlant and soon finds himself in over his head as he attempts to navigate a world of criminal mischief. Long justly celebrated for his talent as an actor, Louis Garrel has emerged as an increasingly accomplished writer-director in his own right, and his latest comedy is his finest, most accomplished and surprising yet.
“A humanistic story wrapped in a fun, punchy exterior, much like the French synth-pop music throughout its soundtrack.” - Claire Shaffer, New York Times
