IN THE NAME OF MY DAUGHTER /
L'Homme qu'on aimait trop
West Coast Premiere • Drama • France, 2014
DCP • 2.35 • Dolby 5.1 • Color • 116 min
Directed by: André Téchiné
Written by: André Téchiné, Cédric Anger, Jean-Charles Le Roux
Based on the book by: Jean-Charles Le Roux and Renée Le Roux
Cinematography: Julien Hirsch
Film Editing: Hervé de Luze
Original Score: Benjamin Biolay
Produced by: Olivier Delbosc & Marc Missonnier (Fidelité Films)
Coproduced by: Mars Films, Canéo Films
Cast: Guillaume Canet (Maurice), Catherine Deneuve (Renée), Adèle Haenel (Agnès), Jean Corso (Fratoni)
International Sales: Elle Driver
US Distributor: Cohen Media Group • cohenmedia.net
US release date: May 15, 2015
This true-crime thriller set against the backdrop of the French Riviera casino wars of the 1970’s, is based on a case that has fed the French tabloid mill for three decades. Agnès Le Roux, a rebellious casino heiress returns from abroad determined to have her share of the family fortune in order to live an independent life. Her biggest obstacle is her widowed mother Renée, the Grande Dame of the last casino standing in the way of a mobbed up plan to give the entire area a Vegas-style makeover. With the mob breathing down her neck, Renée can’t find the liquidity to pay her daughter out. Agnès finds solace in the arms of Renée’s lawyer and confidant Maurice, a cold-blooded playboy with outsized ambition, and a plan to take full advantage of Agnès’ passion, leaving Renée on a 40-year quest for justice.
Considered one of France’s most important post-New Wave filmmakers, writer/director André Téchiné is especially regarded for eliciting strong performances from his female leads, and has worked with a wish list of the most celebrated actresses in France. But his favorite by far is Catherine Deneuve, with whom he has made seven films, including another film whose story was torn from the pages of the tabloids, The Girl On The Train (COLCOA 2009). Téchiné adapted the script for In The Name Of My Daughter from the memoir of Renée Le Roux, along with the author's son Jean-Charles Le Roux, and Cédric Anger, whose own true-crime film, Next Time I’ll Aim For the Heart, is also screening at COLCOA 2015. Among Téchiné’s most noted films are My Favorite Season (1993), Les Voleurs (1996) and, Wild Reeds (1994), which won four Césars, including Best Director.
Quotes:
“Canet shines and is highly convincing as the caddish Agnelet effortlessly suggesting the malice and naked ambition which lie just beneath his easy going charm.”
- Judith Prescott FRENCH CINEMA REVIEW
“Téchiné rejects flashy Scorsese-style theatrics in favor of a more Shakespearean tragedy.”
- Peter Debruge VARIETY
