“This job completely changed his personality”: a true story in the case of the premier, cinema

“I swear as a lawyer…”

A recent graduate, armed only with a passion for the law and a desire for justice, Nora (Noah Abita) finds herself in charge of a criminal case. But nothing could have prepared him for the sensitivity of his young client (Alexis Neisse), the gravity of the crime he’s accused of, and even less the interrogation methods of the agent in charge (Anders Danielsen Lee).

Witnessing the brutality of this environment, where the slightest mistake can be punished, Nora will question her choices and challenge her career.

“This work fundamentally changed his personality”

Filmmaker Victoria Musiedlak was a privileged witness to this harsh reality that Nora faces, which is experienced by dozens of young people who have just graduated. For his first feature film, the director and screenwriter wanted to take as a starting point the scenario that was happening around him.

“The change I saw happen in a few months around me in the young woman who became a lawyer reinforced the interest I already had in justice and the profession in particular.he says. Like Nora, St First thingThis young girl lived with her mother.

She was shy and uninitiated and found herself twenty-five years old, sent by disaster to Les Sables d’Olonne to protect a grandfather accused of incest with his two young daughters. I saw his transformation. The young girl I knew became a more confident, independent, but also a more nervous woman. Like most young lawyers, this profession fundamentally changed his personality. From a philosophical, Rousseauian point of view, I have always found it fascinating the influence that social function has on the individual.”

In the distance is a frozen portrait, First thing He fascinates with the forced metamorphosis that he manages to capture in his hero, first of all in suffering. Overwhelmed, exhausted and shaken in her faith, young Nora realizes that professional reality is far from what she was taught in school and moves, almost against her will, as an adult.

A vast subtlety, as touching in its doubts, as magnetic in its reflections, Noah Abita Seduced in this new role and proves his immense potential after his excellent performance in Ava (2017).

in front of him Anders Danielsen liesOslo, August 31 (2011) and Julie’s Revelation in Chapter 12 (2021) captivates with its intriguing duality of character. An investigator with sometimes extreme methods, her character Alexis allows Nora to investigate her own journey as a powerful distorting mirror.

A mesmerizing depiction of a forced metamorphosis inspired by very real events, Premiere Affaire seduces with its raw realism and the power of the talented performers’ portrayals. A dark and powerful gem that should be in cinemas now.