Blanche, a school teacher, meets Grégoire and thinks she has found the love of her life in him.
Everything is going very quickly in this passionate story, which is intensifying.
The couple moves in together and Blanche must then move away from her family, her family and her twin sister.
The relationship becomes tumultuous until it falls into anger, domination and toxicity.
Little by little, Blanche will fall under the influence of Grégoire and discover his true face, that of a possessive, disturbing and ultimately perverse man.
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Adapted from the book by Éric Reinhardt
Adapted from the eponymous novel by Éric Reinhardt (Éditions Gallimard, Renaudot prize for high school students in 2014),
Love and the Forests
is the sixth feature film by actress and director Valérie Donzelli (
Notre Dame
,
Marguerite & Julien
), co-written with Audrey Diwan (Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for
L'Événement
, adapted from the novel by Annie Ernaux).
This drama shows how a man gains the upper hand over his wife and the toxic consequences for those around the victim.
Produced by Rectangle Productions, co-produced by France 2 Cinéma and Les films de Françoise, it will be in the official selection at Cannes Première, during the 2023 Cannes Film Festival from May 16 to 27.
Its theatrical release is scheduled for May 24.
In the casting, Virginie Efira and Melvil Poupaud share the bill with Dominique Reymond, Romane Bohringer and Virginie Ledoyen.