Filming began on 29 November on The Innocent [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Louis Garrel
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Standing out in the cast are Roschdy Zem (winner of the 2020 César and Lumière awards for Best Actor for Oh Mercy! [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Arnaud Desplechin
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intervista: Thierry de Peretti
scheda film] which will be released in French cinemas on 9 February 2022, and next year on the big screen in Les enfants des autres and Le principal), Louis Garrel himself (nominated for the 2018 César award for Best Actor for Redoubtable [+leggi anche:
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Q&A: Michel Hazanavicius
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intervista: Ildikó Enyedi
scheda film], Our Men [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Rachel Lang
scheda film] and The Crusade, and starring next year in L’ombre du Caravage, Les Amandiers and L’envol), Anouk Grinberg (in French cinemas on 29 December in Deception [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Arnaud Desplechin
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intervista: Céline Sciamma
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intervista: Zoé Wittock
scheda film]; in cinemas next year in Un año, una noche).

Written by Louis Garrel together with novelist Tanguy Viel, the script centres on Sylvie, a nearly sixty-year-old woman who has fallen in love with Michel, a thug she marries in prison. The two of them dream of starting again with a clean slate by opening a flower shop. But Sylvie’s son Abel, convinced that Michel will fall into a life of crime, disapproves of this relationship…

Produced by Anne-Dominique Toussaint for Les Films des Tournelles, The Innocent is co-produced by Arte France Cinéma and Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Cinéma. Pre-bought by Arte, Canal+ and Ciné+, the feature film (whose 33 days of filming will take place in the Rhône region until 22 January) also benefits from the support of the advance on receipts from the CNC and of the Cofimage Sofica. French distribution will be handled by Ad Vitam.