Suspenseful drama about custody battle awarded with the Silver Lion for Best Direction in Venice. Miriam and Antoine Besson are freshly divorced. Miriam seeks sole custody over their son Julien to protect him from his allegedly violent father. Yet the image Antoine projects in court is of a calm, changed man, and he gets shared custody. The traumatized Julien becomes a hostage in the battle between his mother trying to escape her ex-husband and his father manipulating him to sneak back into his ex-wife’s life. Miriam’s fear grows. Director Xavier Legrand is a former child star, famous for his role in Au Revoir les Enfants directed by Louis Malle. The father is played by Denis Ménochet (Inglorious Basterds), known to the ZFF audience for his role in Rebecca Zlotowski’s Grand Central.

subtitles: HR, EN