Louis Garrel signs his fourth feature film The innocenta black comedy he shares with Roshdi Zem, Anouk Greenberg and Noemi Merlant.
In her sixties, Sylvie (Anouk Greenberg) falls under the spell of ex-prisoner Michel (Roshdi Zem), whom she wants to marry. Worried about this relationship, her son Abel (Louis Garrel) is against it and asks his best friend Clemence (Noemi Merlant) to help him protect his mother from this individual. But transformed into apprentice robbers, they quickly find themselves embroiled in a robbery that threatens to go wrong.
after The Faithful Man, Crusade and: The two friends Louis Garrel completely switches register and ventures into comedy as a director for this fourth feature film. The husband of Lætitia Casta signs a rhythmic and cheerful film around a series of characters from Lyon. The innocent (1) was indeed shot entirely in the capital of Gaul, a co-production of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinema. Louis Garrel, the worried and scared son, and Roshdi Zem, dark and mysterious, make a delicious duo of opposites.
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Presented out of competition at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, The innocent On October 15, at 18:00 at Halle Tony Garnier in Lyon, Lumière Festival 2022 will be opened with the presence of the film crew.
(1) Theatrical release on October 12, 2022.
Source: Le Figaro