Author: Catherine Deneuve

Format: Import

Release Date: 03-02-2015

Details: Nice, 1976. Agnès Le Roux returns from Africa and finds her mother, Renée, president of a casino. The relationship is strained between the two women. Maurice Agnelet, an upstart lawyer and womanizer, takes care of Renée's business and wants to become her partner. When she refuses, he seduces Agnès and puts her in touch with a gangster who wants to get his hands on the casino run by Renée. Madly in love with Agnelet, Agnès betrays her mother in exchange for money. Stripped of her position, Renée is fired. Agnelet then manipulates Agnès into appropriating her money, then leaves her. The young woman sinks into despair and mysteriously disappears. Convinced that Agnelet is responsible for her daughter's disappearance, Renée fights for decades to have him convicted. Inspired by a True Story ''Fascinating from start to finish, the film can count on top actors: Catherine Deneuve, Guillaume Canet and above all Adèle Haenel, who is impressive. '' - TF1 News ''Beyond the court case it echoes, this new film by André Téchiné is above all a fascinating study of mores'' - Marc-André Lussier, La Presse ''This controlled film, carried by a formidable trio of actors, puts itself at a good distance from its subject, without judging anyone, with a few key scenes and a weight of enigmas.'' - Le Devoir Nice, 1976. Agnès Le Roux, daughter of the owner of the Palais de la Méditerranée, falls in love with a beautiful lawyer ten years his senior Maurice Agnelet. It has other links, she loves to madness. Against a background of war casinos, he connects with Fratoni, sour competitor of his mother, who offers him three million francs to take control of the casino. Agnes accepted but resents his betrayal. Maurice away. After a suicide attempt, the young woman disappears ... Inspired by a true story

UPC: 824255021395

EAN: 0824255021395

Languages: English

Binding: DVD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood