Down by Love explained

Down by Love
Native Name:	Éperdument
Director:	Pierre Godeau
Producer:	Philippe Godeau Cyril Colbeau-Justin Jean-Baptiste Dupont Nathalie Gastaldo
Screenplay:	Pierre Godeau Florent Gonçalves Catherine Siguret
Starring:	Guillaume Gallienne Adèle Exarchopoulos
Music:	Robin Coudert
Cinematography:	Muriel Cravatte
Editing:	Hervé de Luze
Studio:	Pan-Européenne StudioCanal France 2 Cinéma LGM Productions Appaloosa Distribution Don't Be Shy Productions Versus Production
Distributor:	StudioCanal
Runtime:	110 minutes
Country:	France
Language:	French
Gross:	$50,828^[1]

Down by Love (French: '''Éperdument''') is a 2016 French drama film directed by Pierre Godeau.

Plot

Based on the life of Sorour Arbabzadeh and Florent Goncalves in 2010, a young woman, Anna Amari, is detained at a prison for women in Versailles, where she encounters Jean Firmino, the prison director. She is sentenced to nine years in prison and they begin an illegal relationship which brings the attention of the authorities onto them.

Cast

• Guillaume Gallienne as Jean Firmino
• Adèle Exarchopoulos as Anna Amari
• as Elise Firmino
• Marie Rivière as Anna's mother
• Aliénor Poisson as Louise Firmino
• Cyrielle Martinez as Zoé
• Selma Mansouri as Sonia
• Sabila Moussadek as Aïda
• Julie Moulier as Pilar
• Marie Berto as Béatrice
• Amir El Kacem as Mam's
• Soumaye Bocoum as Mélanie
• Ahlem Lahouel as Ahlem
• Nade Dieu as The captain
• Anne Loiret as Anna's lawyer
• Maryline Even as Co-prisoner at Fleury
• Olivier Foubert as The teacher
• Aude Briant as The secretary

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Down by Love has an approval rating of 33%, based on 6 reviews, with an average rating of 4.7/10.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Down By Love . Box Office Mojo.
2. Web site: Down By Love (Éperdument) (2016) . Rotten Tomatoes .