The innocent : a marvel by Louis Garrel
With The innocentLouis Garrel signs his fourth feature film The two friends (2015), The faithful man (2018) e The crusade (2021). In this heist comedy, the actor once again takes on one of the main roles, that of Abel, who overnight discovers that his mother will marry a convict named Michel. The two met thanks to the theater courses held by Sylvie in the prison where Michel was held. Obviously Abel, naturally wary, will do everything to find out if the ex-criminal has bad intentions. Accompanied by his friend Clémence, he spies on her awkwardly before finally accepting her. Only Michel’s old acquaintances will force Abel and Clémence to undertake a robbery alongside him…

As funny and moving as it is, The Innocent is a real cinematic pleasure thanks to the pop tone of the whole, the mix of genres well mastered by Louis Garrel and the delightful casting. In addition to Louis Garrel, Roschdy Zem, Anouk Grinberg and Noémie Merlant are excellent in this delightful drama (see our review), nominated ten times for the 2023 Césars for two awards: best supporting actress for Noémie Merlant and best original screenplay. A scenario inspired by its author’s mother. Indeed, as the actor and director explained, his mother Brigitte Sy also married a prisoner. However, he “immediately got along with his father-in-law”.
Jean-Claude Pautot has come to terms with his criminal past
Because of his mother’s work, for 20 years in prison, Louis Garrel has been dating since he was 11 years old “people who left prison sometimes returned there…“. The innocent it is also a sort of homage to these personalities that he had the opportunity to meet in his life. Moreover, for his film, the director appealed Jean-Claude Pautota former robber (particularly of armored vans) who became an actor and who, in addition to appearing in front of Louis Garrel’s camera, acted as a technical consultant on the set. For example, to prepare the scene of the robberya model of the heist setting was built to allow Jean-Claude Pautot and his former gangster friends to show the director how things would actually happen. This is where he saw the limits of realism for cinema.
Before entering The innocentcreated by Jean-Claude Pautot 25 years in prison. During his detention he dedicated himself to painting and exhibited in prestigious galleries. His artistic reintegration seemed to have succeeded, with the climb up the steps of Cannes in 2022 for The innocent. But several months after the film’s release, Jean-Claude Pautot was arrested off the coast of the Azores on a sailboat carrying 740 kilos of cocaine.
First placed under judicial supervision in the Spanish province of Cadiz, he was then placed in preventive custody in France on May 26, as indicated The world (with theAFP), Jean-Claude Pautot was “indicted on charges of importing drugs into an organized gang – a crime punishable by thirty years in prison – drug trafficking, criminal conspiracy and aggravated money laundering“.
Source: Cine Serie

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