Sylvain Desclos brings to the screen a sensitive thriller that questions the compatibility between commitment and ambition. In cinemas from March 22.
Promised a bright future in politics, Madeleine is in a relationship with Antoine, who is also out of the HEC. During a vacation in Corsica, the voice of the driver is raised. in a panic, he kills her and hides the body with her fiance. But how to live with this extremely difficult secret, which could not only destroy their love, but also their careers? If he watches a thriller, great expectations Through this tragic event, the strength of loyalty of these two idealistic characters, embodiments of a young generation full of convictions, is questioned above all.
“The film stages a political heroine, complex and ambiguous, of course, who carries within her the will and ambition to change the world, starting with reducing inequalities between individuals,” comments director Sylvain Desclos. With strong supporting roles from Benjamin Laverne and Emmanuelle Bercou, Rebecca Marder wins all votes as a determined, ambitious and courageous woman fighting against social determinism and class prejudice. Through him emerges an interesting portrait of a politician in the making who, neither wolf nor lamb, learns to master the codes of a system he hopes to reform.
great expectationsWith Sylvain Desclos, Rebecca Marder, Benjamin Laverne…
Source: Le Figaro
