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Rating: 6.816/10 by 329 users

The Innocent (2022)

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.

Directing:
  • Anaïs Sergeant
  • Louis Garrel
  • Stéphane Manaranche
Writing:
  • Louis Garrel
  • Tanguy Viel
  • Naïla Guiguet
Stars:
Release Date: Wed, Oct 12, 2022

Rating: 6.816/10 by 329 users

Alternative Title:
L’Innocent - FR
The Innocent - GB
The Innocent - US
愛無罪 - TW
El inocente - ES
El Inocente - MX

Country:
France
Language:
English
Français
Runtime: 01 hour 39 minutes
Budget: $4,000,000
Revenue: $5,175,806

Plot Keyword: prison, wedding, widower, lyon france, caviar heist

Louis Garrel
Abel Lefranc
Roschdy Zem
Michel Ferrand
Noémie Merlant
Clémence Genièvre
Anouk Grinberg
Sylvie Lefranc
Yanisse Kebbab
Caviar truck driver
Léa Wiazemsky
Sylvie's witness
Manda Touré
Woman at the aquarium
Romain Blachier
Chosen one at the first marriage
Zorah Ait Maten
Chosen one at the second marriage
Joséphine Caraballo
Guest at the inauguration of the flower shop
Véronique Kapoyan
Guest at the inauguration of the flower shop
Florent Masarin
Commissioner Delmas
Franck Gonzales
Interrogation policeman
Jean-Mickaël Bricard
Prison guard at the portico
Sylvain Longo
First prison guard at the wedding
René Palomba
Second prison guard at the wedding
Pascal Sighrouchni
Prison guard delivering the mail
Laëtitia Clément
Nurse at the hospital
Thomas Rortais
Nurse at the hospital
Côme Thieulin
Server at the Conforama grill
Mattéo Rozier
Grill server during the robbery
Shahriar Sadrolashrafi
Iranian at the cemetery

CinemaSerf

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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