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The Innocent

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6.8/10 • 340

2022-10-121h 39m

ComedyCrimeRomance

Sylvie, a nearly sixty-year-old woman, has fallen in love with Michel, a thug she marries in prison. The couple 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.

Directors
Louis Garrel
Editors
Pierre Deschamps

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  1. Louis Garrel

    Louis Garrel

    Abel Lefranc

  2. Roschdy Zem

    Roschdy Zem

    Michel Ferrand

  3. Noémie Merlant

    Noémie Merlant

    Clémence Genièvre

  4. Anouk Grinberg

    Anouk Grinberg

    Sylvie Lefranc

  5. Jean-Claude Pautot

    Jean-Claude Pautot

    Jean-Paul

  6. Yanisse Kebbab

    Yanisse Kebbab

    Caviar truck driver

  7. Léa Wiazemsky

    Léa Wiazemsky

    Sylvie's witness

  8. Manda Touré

    Manda Touré

    Woman at the aquarium

  9. Olga Amelchenko

    Olga Amelchenko

    Maud

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CinemaSerf

Oct 20, 2023

6/10

I like Louis Garrel - he has something about him that I usually find engaging to watch on screen. Here, though, the story is all just a little too far-fetched! He ("Abel") takes his mother "Sylvie" (Anouk Grinberg) to prison where she runs an acting class and where she has hooked up with "Michel" (Roschdy Zem). Now "Abel" is a bit sceptical about his mother marrying an ex-con and soon he and his best mate "Clémence" (Noémie Merlant) and carrying out some fairly clumsy surveillance on the man. "Michel" is no fool though and before we know it, the spying pair are mixed up a plan to pinch a great supply of caviar from a van in a petrol station car park! What ensues here does raise the odd smile and is generally an adequate little drama - but it still tends a little too much to weak slapstick inso far as it's a comedy. It's also a love story and a family drama that is better than soap, but only just - it's like we are watching an incomplete episode in the lives of people that we don't really know - nor get to know, either. Merlant is a breath of fresh air and she gels well with her increasingly hapless pal "Abel" as we head to a denouement with a few twists to keep us guessing. I did quite enjoy it, but it's totally forgettable fayre, sorry.

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Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
$4,000,000.00
Revenue
$5,175,806.00
Keywords
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