In the Name of My Daughter - L’Homme qu’on aimait trop
North American Premiere
Introduction by Guillaume Canet at 6:45pm screening
Join us for a free talk wiith Guillaume Canet in the Film Center Amphitheater on March 10 at 5:30pm!
André Téchiné, whose previous film Unforgivable was a Rendez-Vous 2012 selection, returns with another penetrating psychological drama. In 1976 Nice, young divorcee Agnès Le Roux (Adèle Haenel) falls for shady lawyer Maurice Agnelet (Tell No One director Guillaume Canet), allowing him to manipulate her into handing the casino run by her mother, Renée (Catherine Deneuve), over to the mob. The subsequent disappearance of Agnès and Maurice’s emigration to Panama with her money convinces Renée that he has murdered her, and so she swears to see justice served. Téchiné’s atmospheric recounting of the real-life Affaire Le Roux features a regal turn from Deneuve and further evidence of Haenel’s immense versatility and remarkable talent. A Cohen Media Group release.
This film is currently standby only. It screens at the IFC Center on March 10.