Synopsis
1976. After the failure of her marriage, Agnès Le Roux returns from Africa to join her mother, Renée, the proprietor of the Palais de la Méditerranée casino in Nice. Agnès falls in love with her mother's advisor, Maurice Agnelet, a lawyer ten years older than herself. Maurice is married and has other mistresses. Agnès loves him madly. A shareholder in the Palais, Agnès wants her part of the family inheritance owed to her after her father's death so that she can pursue her own life. Rigged gambling empties the casino's coffers. Renée receives threats. Behind these maneuvers lurks the shadow of the mafia and of Fratoni, the boss of a rival casino who wants to take control of the Palais.
Shunted aside by Renée, Maurice puts Agnès in touch with Fratoni, who offers her three million francs - the equivalent of her inheritance - to vote against her mother during a board meeting. Agnès accepts the deal.
Renée loses control of the casino. Agnès begins to feel guilty about betraying her mother....
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Actors (6)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Fidélité Films
- Co-productions : Caneo Films, Mars Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Elle Driver
- French distribution : Mars Films
Full credits (14)
- Executive Producers : Olivier Delbosc, Marc Missonnier
- Screenwriters : André Téchiné, Cédric Anger, Jean-Charles Leroux
- Director of Photography : Julien Hirsch
- Music Composer : Benjamin Biolay
- Assistant Director : Michel Nasri
- Editor : Hervé De Luze
- Sound recordists : Brigitte Taillandier, Francis Wargnier, Boris Chapelle, Damien Lazzerini, Cyril Holtz
- Costume designer : Pascaline Chavanne
- Authors of original work : Renée Le Roux, Jean-Charles Le Roux
- Executive Producer : Christine De Jekel
- Production Manager : Bruno Bernard
- Press Attaché (film) : André-Paul Ricci
- Continuity supervisor : Claudine Taulère
- Production Designer : Olivier Radot
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Yes
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Tübingen | Stuttgart International French-language Film Festival
Germany, 2017
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