Published On Aug 30, 2023
Louis Garrel, star of The Dreamers and Little Women and the writer-director of The Innocent, visits the BFI Southbank to talk about his film, a unique French comedy-heist-romantic-thriller that comes loaded with charm and humour.
Garrel writes, directs and stars in this hilarious part-family-farce, part-heist-thriller, part-romance. He is Abel, a museum educator and widower, who is at his wits’ end when his mother Sylvie rushes into a marriage with Michel, a convict she met while teaching drama at the local prison. He decides to stalk his new stepfather, bringing along his friend Clémence (Portrait of a Lady on Fire’s Noémie Merlant) for the ride.
Fun, fizzing with cracking chemistry and full of heart, Garrel’s genre-melting film is above all a terrific night out.
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