“ I really wanted to do a portrait of a woman “, told AFP Justine Triet, including “ Victoria ” is the second feature film after “ Solferino The Battle of . ”
The story of a former presidential couple ripping on background, shot in the street the day of the election of François Hollande, was noticed at Cannes in 2013 in the selection of Acid , an association of independent filmmakers.
“ Victoria ‘,’ the idea was that a lawyer approached the quarantine full sentimental nothing ends up in a pretty amazing location ( …). it will explode in flight completely. what was interesting for me is really to tell it, fall and rebirth “of a woman who” not control anything “, she continues.
The film tells the life of Victoria Spick, criminal lawyer and single mother of two girls, full personal crisis. She finds herself caught in a downward spiral after visiting the wedding of his friend Vincent (Melvil Poupaud).
While it is accused of attempted murder by his new bride to wedding the next day, Victoria will have to defend it. But in parallel, it must also deal with the father of her daughters (Laurent Poitrenaux) who reveals his life in a novel, while an opportunistic ex-drug dealer she defended (Vincent Lacoste) comes to live with her, midst of chaos.
From this frame, the director, who says he “ a taste for the full universe ,” with women “ who work and are in species chaos of friendly relations, sexual “, plays with the codes of romantic comedy to speak of” obsessions , “she said,” the difficulty of male / female relationships , loneliness, children, justice, money, sex . ”
More classic and made with more resources and time than his previous film shot in a hurry, “ Victoria ” is also focusing on Virginia Efira -currently showing in “ a man at the height ” – “ a revelation ” Justine Triet, that the judge “ precise ” in his game .
Vincent Lacoste is itself both comic and phlegmatic in the ambiguous role of the character with a troubled past, guardian angel but also opportunistic.
“ I think it’s a very contemporary film in which there is something quite violent on human relationships and at the same time a rather idealistic and romantic , “said the actor told AFP.
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