SYNOPSIS

Leila and Damien are deeply in love. Despite his bipolarity , he tries to pursue his life with her, knowing he may never be able to offer her what she desires. 

Original title: Les Intranquilles Country: France, Belgium, Luxembourg Language: French Production year: 2021 Length: 117min

CAST

Leïla Behkti (The Eddy by Damien Chazelle, Sink or Swim by Gilles Lelouche), Damien Bonnard (Les Misérables by Ladj Ly, The Trouble with You by Pierre Salvadori)

CREW

Director: Joachim Lafosse Screenwriter: Joachim Lafosse, Anne-Lise Morin Producers: Anton Iffland-Stettner, Eva Kuperman, Jani Thiltges, Alexandre Gavras, Antonino Lombardo Production Company: Stenola Productions, Samsa Films, KG Productions, Prime Time World sales: Luxbox

festivals

Cannes International Film Festival - Official Competition

San Sebastian International Film Festival - Perlas Section

Warsaw International Film Festival - Discoveries Section

Mostra de Sao Paolo - International Perspective

Rencontres Cinématographiques de Carthage - Parallel sections Belgian Visions

Colcoa French Film Festival

French Film Festival UK - Panorama section

IFI French Film Festival

GOA International Film Festival

Torino Film Festival - Out of Competition, Fuori Concorso

Göteborg Film Festival - Voyage

Europa ! Europa !

Bengaluru International Film Festival

Francophonies

Vilnius International Film Festival

Les journées du film francophone en Hongrie

Goteborg Film Festival

jOACHIM LAFOSSE

Director/Screenwriter

Joachim Lafosse was born in 1975 in Brussels. After graduating from the IAD, he directs in 2003 his first feature film, FOLIE PRIVEE, selected in official competition at the Locarno Film Festival. In 2006, he directs two feature films, CA REND HEUREUX (selected in competition at Locarno and winner of the Grand Prize of the Jury at the Premiers Plans Festival in Angers) and PRIVATE PROPERTY with Isabelle Huppert (in competition at the Venice Film Festival).  In 2007 he directs PRIVATE LESSONS, presented at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes in 2008. Joachim Lafosse's reputation is growing from film to film, as shown by the national and international acclaim for OUR CHILDREN (selected for Un Certain Regard, where Emilie Dequenne won the award for Best Actress). In 2015 he directs THE WHITE KNIGHTS with a prestigious cast (Vincent Lindon, Valérie Donzelli, Louise Bourgoin, Reda Kateb) and presented in Toronto and San Sebastian (Best Director Award).  AFTER LOVE, featuring Bérénice Bejo and Cédric Kahn, was recently shown at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes in 2016 and received excellent reviews from both critics and the public. KEEP GOING (CONTINUER), featuring Virginie Efira and Kacey Mottet-Klein, premieres in Venice in 2018. In 2021, he finished LES INTRANQUILLES in which he directs Leïla Bekhti and Damien Bonnard.

FILMOGRAPHY

The Restless (2021)

Keep Going (2018)

After Love (2016)

The White Knights (2015)

Our Children (2012)

Avant Les mots (2010) (short) 

Private Lessons (2008)

Private Property (2006)

Ca rend heureux (2006)

Folie Privée (2004)

Lafosse administers the tension like a seasoned anesthetist who knows exactly what dose to deliver, keeping us on the edge of our seats but never resorting to cheap tricks or unlikely twists.

Damien Bonnard and Leïla Bekhti Deliver Cannes’ Two Top Performances

An impressively nuanced portraitof the three-way relationship between a man, a woman and his disease.