The Innocent is a comedy directed by Louis Garrel released in cinemas on May 24, 2022. In the casting, a former robber also served as a consultant.
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Heist moviefilm about the mother-son relationship, love film… The innocent is all of that at once. Released on May 24, 2022 and awarded the César for best screenplay in 2023, this dramatic comedy is directed by Louis Garrel, who also plays the leading role opposite Noémie Merlant (who won the César for best supporting actress) , Anouk Grinberg and Roschdy Zem. Great casting for this story of a robber who leaves detention to marry the leader of a theater workshop in prison, to the great displeasure of the latter’s son.
Facing these recognized actors of French cinema, we also find the actor and painter Jean-Claude Pautot, who plays Roschdy Zem’s accomplice. Aged 67, this former figure of organized crime was imprisoned for 25 years for robberies, before retiring in 2014. He then became a painter, before becoming an actor. He was also a sort of technical advisor for the big heist scene in The innocent. He will even bring former accomplices onto the sets with whom he works out each of the details of the scene, so that it is as realistic as possible. The repentant ex-robber will even climb the steps of the Cannes Film Festival with the rest of the team in May 2022.
This beautiful story of redemption, however, took an unexpected turn at the end of 2022: Jean-Claude Pautot was arrested in Spain, indicted in May 2023 then imprisoned in Fresnes for “illicit importation of narcotics by an organized gang”, “drug trafficking” and “criminal association”, then reveals The JDD. According to The WorldLouis Garrel was “catastrophized”, as were other people with whom he was able to work in the painting world.
Synopsis – After meeting an inmate in prison, Sylvie decides to marry him. Hearing the news, her son Abel becomes enraged, knowing his mother’s previous bad choices. He decides to protect the latter with the help of his best friend, and to follow Abel in his movements. He quickly understands that he is preparing a new stunt: robbing a truck containing caviar. And according to him it is a golden opportunity, without risk, since the driver always has the same habits in the same restaurant. But when the opportunity looks too good, there is always the risk that something unforeseen will complicate the matter…