BY THE GRACE OF GOD (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Melvil Poupaud (Laurence Anyways), Denis Ménochet (Inglourious Basterds), Swann Arlaud (Romantics Anonymous), Éric Caravaca (Novo), François Marthouret (The Lady and the Duke), Bernard Verley (The Colour of Lies), Josiane Balasko (That Woman), Martine Erhel (Orchestra Seats), Hélène Vincent (I Don’t Kiss), Frédéric Pierrot (Polisse), Aurélia Petit (The Science of Sleep)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

François Ozon (Swimming Pool), director, writer; Eric Altmayer (Jeune & Jolie) and Nicolas Altmayer (Frantz), producers; Evgueni Galperine (Loveless) and Sacha Galperine (The Family), composers; Manuel Dacosse (Evolution), cinematographer; Laure Gardette (Capernaum), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Three men – Alexandre (Poupard), François (Ménochet) and Gilles (Caravaca) – band together to dismantle the code of silence that protects the priest that molested them years ago…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Not since Spotlight has a film tackled sex abuse in the Catholic Church this thrillingly, with filmmaker François Ozon offering a dramatic perspective into a fictionalised version of a recent real-life scandal involving a priest.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 25TH OCTOBER 2019

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