KNIFE+HEART (18)

WHO’S IN IT?

Vanessa Paradis (Girl On The Bridge), Kate Moran (Man At Bath), Nicolas Maury (Regular Lovers), Noé Hernández (We Are The Flesh), Félix Maritaud (Sauvage), Khaled Alouach (De Toutes Mes Forces), Bertrand Mandico (film debut), Bastien Waultier (film debut), Thibault Servière (Coqueluche)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Yann Gonzalez (You and the Night), director, writer; Cristiano Mangione (film debut), writer; Charles Gillibert (Mustang), producer; M83 (Oblivion), composers; Simon Beaufils (Raging Rose), cinematographer; Raphaël Lefèvre (The Last Time I Saw Macao), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Anne (Paradis) is a woman who produces third-rate gay porn. However, when her editor and lover Loïs (Moran) leaves her, Anne tries to win her back by producing her most ambitious movie yet with her trusted sidekick Archibald (Maury) – but things turn sour when one of her actors is brutally murdered and she gets caught up in the strange investigation that ends up turning her life upside down…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Vanessa Paradis dives deep into a neon-drenched odyssey into depravity, during which she gives an eye-opening and fully committed performance.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 5TH JULY 2019

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