Tonight on TV: based on a true story, this drama starring Camille Cottin and Matt Damon has something in common with Anatomy of a Fall

Tonight on TV: based on a true story, this drama starring Camille Cottin and Matt Damon has something in common with Anatomy of a Fall



Still water : the beautiful chemistry of Camille Cottin and Matt Damon

The rise of Camille Cotton in the mid-2010s has something to impress. First introduced with Connasse (2013-2015), she then reached a milestone in popularity with Ten Percent (2015-2020) in the role of Andréa Martel. And since then, the actress has successfully moved to the cinema, taking on roles with recognized authors. However, we didn’t think that the French they would just as easily be exported abroad. However, he achieved it from 2021 with Still water alongside Matt DamonThen Gucci House by Ridley Scott, before participating in the Mystery in Venice (2023) by Kenneth Branagh.

In Still waterCamille Cottin plays Virginie Leterrier, an actress from Marseille who meets Bill Baker (Matt Damon), an American who is looking for a way to free his daughter (Abigail Breslin) from prison. The latter, in fact, was sentenced to nine years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend. A crime he swears he didn’t commit. Bill then finds himself dealing with a complex French legal system. And not speaking the language, Virginie’s help will be very precious to him if he wants to prove the innocence of her daughter.

©2021 Focus Features, LLC.
©2021 Focus Features, LLC.

Premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, Still water had received rather positive reviews, although without unanimous approval. CinemaTeaser for example, he was very enthusiastic when he discovered that the film “carefully explores the American soul, its ties with France and vice versa“. On the other hand, in our review on CinemaSeriesit was said that the duration was too long and the pacing was limping”Lackluster thriller with an unexciting love story“. However, the chosen actor duo was highlighted: “The commanding presence of an impeccable Matt Damon and the vivacity of a convincing Camille Cottin“.

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A true story that still fascinates

As for the box office, Still water it was not a success. Despite the presence of Matt Damon, the film grossed only $19 million worldwide, on an estimated budget of $20 million. A failure that will certainly have disappointed director Tom McCarthy, with whom he had nevertheless won an Oscar Reflector (2016) a few years earlier. On the other hand, if there is one person who was certainly not saddened by this failure, it is that one Amanda Knox. In fact, it is his story that inspired the screenplay of Still waterBut without your permission. She then qualified”the fictional version of Tom McCharty“to be”just a guilty version of me worthy of a tabloid“.

Even if the scenario of Still water takes another direction, the initial postulate is quite similar. For Amanda Knox, the events took place for her in Italy. She was found guilty of the murder of her roommate, Meredith Kercher, and she spent several years in prison before thief Rudy Guede was convicted. Amanda Knox had been acquitted, but Rudy Guede had hinted that the young girl could still be involved in this murder. Finally, this Amanda Knox case, in addition to having given rise to (among others) a Netflix documentarywas a source of inspiration for Justine Triet Anatomy of a fallbut more for the conduct of his trial, as he explained to us in an interview.

I can mention Amanda Knox, which is a fascinating case of a woman tried outside her country, where her entire sexuality was analyzed during the trial. There is in it the puritanical aspect of Italy that judges the sexuality of a seemingly wild American woman.

Source: Cine Serie

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