France
2016 – 1H30 – IN FRENCH
WORLD PREMIERE
Synopsis
Victoria Spick, a criminal lawyer in a total sentimental void, meets at a wedding her friend Vincent and Sam, a former drug dealer she got out business. The next day, Vincent is accused of attempted murder by his girlfriend. The victim's dog is the only witness.
Reluctantly, Victoria accepts to defend Vincent, while she hires Sam as an au pair. This is just the beginning of troubled times for Victoria.
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DIRECTOR: Justine Triet
PRODUCTION : Emmanuel Chaumet
SCENARIO: Justine Triet
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Simon Beaufils
EDITING: Laurent Sénéchal
SOUND: Julien Sicart - Olivier Touche - Simon Apostolou
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Olivier Meidinger
CAST:
Virginie Efira
Vincent Lacoste
Melvil Poupaud
Laurent Poitrenaux
Laure Calamy
Alice Daquet
PRODUCTION
ECCE FILMS
Emmanuel Chaumet
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chaumet@eccefilms.fr
DISTRIBUTION
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SALES
Indie Sales
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FRENCH PRESS
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INTERNATIONALE PRESS
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CONTACT CANNES
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Louise Rinaldi
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“In Bed with Victoria (Victoria) follows the line of Age of Panic. The same dynamic woman, mother of two, facing a dilemma, stuck between two trials, caught in an emotional spiral which takes her down and then up again. It is truly a woman’s portrait, more complete than in my previous film. And also, there’s a man’s look helping her, Sam’s.
When writing, what I most like are dialogues. I never write step outlines. I am incapable of doing it. I launch myself rather quickly in a scene, I have the exact rhythm in mind, it’s quite exhilarating. The problems start when I try to put the structure together. For this rather classically built film, several people helped me.
We were lucky to have a bigger budget for In Bed with Victoria (Victoria) and I could of course work differently. I could finally do what I dreamed of previously, namely use a tripod for the camera. Spend more time working the image. Generally, improvising less when shooting allows to rewrite less during the editing. Also, we could partly shoot in a studio, the court scenes, with a set designed for the Cinemascope format.
However, I stayed faithful to my taste for multiple takes, in order to search in several directions with the actors, because this allows to find the good rhythm for the scenes. But I also became more intransigent with the dialogues than in Age of Panic. Furthermore, I asked the actors to improvise very little. Virginie Efira is stunning because she offers new expressions in her performance with each take and Vincent Lacoste has the grace I was searching for his character. “
Interview by Charles Tesson
