2016 French film
Down by Love Film poster
Éperdument Directed by Pierre Godeau Screenplay by Pierre Godeau Florent Gonçalves Catherine Siguret Based on Défense d'aimer by Florent GonçalvesProduced by Philippe Godeau Cyril Colbeau-Justin Jean-Baptiste Dupont Nathalie GastaldoStarring Guillaume Gallienne Adèle Exarchopoulos Cinematography Muriel Cravatte Edited by Hervé de Luze Music by Robin Coudert Production companies
Distributed by StudioCanal Release dates
25 February 2016 (2016-02-25 ) (Paris premiere)
2 March 2016 (2016-03-02 ) (France)
Running time
110 minutes Country France Language French Box office $50,828[ 1]
Down by Love (French : Éperdument ) is a 2016 French drama film directed by Pierre Godeau.
Plot
Based on the life of Sorour Arbabzadeh and Florent Goncalves in 2010, a young woman, Anna Amari, is detained at a prison for women in Versailles, where she encounters Jean Firmino, the prison director. She is sentenced to nine years in prison and they begin an illegal relationship which brings the attention of the authorities onto them.
Cast
Guillaume Gallienne as Jean Firmino
Adèle Exarchopoulos as Anna Amari
Stéphanie Cléau [fr ] as Elise Firmino
Marie Rivière as Anna's mother
Aliénor Poisson as Louise Firmino
Cyrielle Martinez as Zoé
Selma Mansouri as Sonia
Sabila Moussadek as Aïda
Julie Moulier as Pilar
Marie Berto as Béatrice
Amir El Kacem as Mam's
Soumaye Bocoum as Mélanie
Ahlem Lahouel as Ahlem
Nade Dieu as The captain
Anne Loiret as Anna's lawyer
Maryline Even as Co-prisoner at Fleury
Olivier Foubert as The teacher
Aude Briant as The secretary
Critical response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , Down by Love has an approval rating of 33%, based on 6 reviews, with an average rating of 4.7/10.[ 2]
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