| Director: | Tristan Séguéla |
|---|---|
| Production: | ICONOCLAST (Simon Jacquet) |
| Running Time: | 114’ |
| Language: | French |
| Country: | France |
| Main Cast: | Laurent Lafitte, Anthony Bajon, Mélanie Laurent, Carole Bouquet |
| Screenplay: | Marcia Romano, Simon Jacquet, Tristan Séguéla, Stéphane Sebag |
| Cinematographer: | Augustin Barbaroux |
| Editor: | Pierre Deschamps |
| Production Designer: | Jan Houllevigue |
| Costume Designer: | Elfie Carlier |
| Music: | Amine Bouhafa |
| Sound: | Nicolas Provost, Anne Gibourg, Nicolas Bouvet, Niels Barletta |
Cinema
Un bon avocat
Venice Open – Out of Competition
synopsis
Léonard Landry, a flamboyant criminal defence lawyer, overdoses in the middle of the courtroom. After undergoing rehab, he has one week to save his career and prepare for his own trial, reluctantly assisted by a tenacious intern, Noé. This marks the beginning of a frantic race involving legal manoeuvres, temptations and dramatic twists.
Director’s Statement
When Léonard gets out of rehab, his fate hangs by a thread, a thread so thin that every moment of his life feels like a suspenseful cliffhanger. How will he avoid falling back into his old ways? How will he resist temptation? When exploring the topic of addiction, a great number of films that I love come to mind. They more often feature outlaws or outcasts than flamboyant lawyers, showing protagonists who grapple with their demons, relentlessly resisting until their fatal downfall. Léonard is one of them. But unlike Alain, the hero of Louis Malle’s The Fire Within, just to cite one example, he is lucky enough to cross paths with a promising good lawyer.
PRODUCTION/DISTRIBUTION
PRODUCTION:
ICONOCLAST - Simon Jacquet,
102 rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis
75010 Paris, France
