The Innocent movie storyline. Abel is a young widower who is a tour guide at an aquarium, and his best friend—who was also the best friend of his departed wife—Clémence (Noémie Merlant), who works there as well, is a bit of a hellion (socially and sexually) who encourages Abel to lighten up about Michel. But Abel’s doubts are justified.
The flower shop has been “rented” on unusual terms, to say the least, and Michel has to pull a heist to maintain the status quo. Or so he tells Abel, who he enlists as a reluctant accomplice. When Abel confides to Clémence about what’s up, she hilariously demands to get in on the crime. Their job—to distract a truck driver at a diner while Michel and his accomplice swipe a bunch of caviar from the rig—sees them acting out against each other with a little more reality than they’d bargained for.
The Innocent (French: L’Innocent) is a 2022 French crime comedy film directed by Louis Garrel, from a screenplay by Garrel, Tanguy Viel and Naïla Guiguet. It stars Roschdy Zem, Anouk Grinberg, Noémie Merlant and Garrel.
The film had its world premiere out of competition at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on 24 May 2022. It was released in France on 12 October 2022 by Ad Vitam Distribution. The film received a leading eleven nominations at the 48th César Awards,[2] winning in two categories, including Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Merlant.
The Innocent grossed $34,822 in North America,[8] and $5.1 million in other territories for a total worldwide of $5.2 million.[1] The film sold 700,690 tickets in France and a total of 727,455 tickets in Europe.
The Innocent (2023)
L’Innocent
Directed by: Louis Garrel
Starring: Roschdy Zem, Anouk Grinberg, Noémie Merlant, Louis Garrel, Jean-Claude Pautot, Yanisse Kebbab, Olga Amelchenko, Léa Wiazemsky, Joséphine Caraballo, Véronique Kapoyan
Screenplay by: Tanguy Viel, Louis Garrel, Naïla Guiguet
Production Design by: Jean Rabasse
Cinematography by: Julien Poupard
Film Editing by: Pierre Deschamps
Costume Design by: Corinne Bruand
Art Direction by: Anna Prat
Makeup Department: Mylène Chiarisoli, Faustina De Sousa
Music by: Grégoire Hetzel
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Ad Vitam Distribution (France), Janus Films (United States)
Release Date: May 24, 2022 (Cannes), October 12, 2022 (France), March 17, 2023 (United States)
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