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MONEY
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Shot for just $3.7M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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Consent
2023 1h 59m FR
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6.8
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★6.8TMDB · 242
HistoryDrama
Synopsis
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In 2013, Vanessa Springora recounts how she found herself under the influence of a famous writer. In 1986, she was 13; him, almost 50. The victim of a triple predation: sexual, literary, and psychic, there's more beyond her individual story. She questions the excesses of an era, and the complacency of an environment blinded by talent and celebrity.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Where to watch · US
Cast
Kim Higelin
Vanessa Springora (jeune)
Jean-Paul Rouve
Gabriel Matzneff
Laetitia Casta
La mère de Vanessa
Élodie Bouchez
Vanessa Springora (adulte)
Jean Chevalier
Youri
Lolita Chammah
La meilleure amie de la mère de Vanessa
David Clavel
Michel
Agathe Dronne
Christiane (diner 1985)
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Vanessa Filho
- Writers
- Vanessa Filho, François Pirot
- Languages
- Spanish, French
- Countries
- Belgium, France
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ERA
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Released 3 years ago.
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Spanish, French.
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WORLD
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International production across 2 countries: Belgium, France.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Vanessa Filho, shot by Guillaume Schiffman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Sophie Reine shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Kim Higelin and Jean-Paul Rouve and Laetitia Casta carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt26255020 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Vanessa Filho directs. Guillaume Schiffman behind the camera. Sophie Reine cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Belgium, France. Dialogue in Spanish, French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Shot for just $3.7M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 2Released 3 years ago.
- 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Spanish, French.
- 4International production across 2 countries: Belgium, France.
- 5Directed by Vanessa Filho, shot by Guillaume Schiffman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 6Editor Sophie Reine shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Kim Higelin and Jean-Paul Rouve and Laetitia Casta carry the top of the cast.
- 8IMDB entry: tt26255020 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Classified under 17 themes, including "pedophilia", "sexual abuse", "based on true story", "sodomy".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Guillaume Schiffman
- Editing
- Sophie Reine
- Production design
- Edwige Le Carquet
- Costume design
- Carine Sarfati
- Makeup / hair
- Ferouz Zaafour
- Sound
- Thomas Gauder
- Runtime
- 119 min · 1h 59m
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $3,700,000
- Box office
- $4,710,394
- Return
- 127% of budget
- Original language
- FR
- IMDB
- Consent (2023)
Awards
1 win & 2 nominations total
Also by
Vanessa Filho
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Moana Films
FR
Windy Production
FR
Panache Productions
BE
La Compagnie Cinématographique
BE
France 2 Cinéma
FR
RTBF
BE
- LE
Les films du Monsieur
FR
BeTV
BE
VOO
BE
Eurimages
FR
Proximus
BE
CNC
FR
Key crew
- AuthorVanessa Springora
- ProducerMarc Missonnier
- ProducerCarole Lambert
- MusicAudrey Ismaël
- Production DirectorNicolas Trabaud
- Co-WriterFrançois Pirot
- CastingBénédicte Guiho
- MusicOlivier Coursier
- EditorSophie Reine
- Set CostumerElsa Capus
- Production DesignEdwige Le Carquet
- EditorMarion Monestier
- Third Assistant DirectorMathilde Marillier
- Costume DesignCarine Sarfati
- GafferLoïc Limosin
- First Assistant Director (Prep)Marie Dupont
- Key Makeup ArtistFerouz Zaafour
- Foley MixerDavid Gérain
- Boom OperatorStéphane Soye
- Best Boy GripTanguy Dolou
- Sound Re-Recording MixerThomas Gauder
- ADR RecordistDavid Gérain
- ColoristRichard Deusy
- Makeup ArtistNathalie Tissier
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- pedophilia
- sexual abuse
- based on true story
- sodomy
- teenage girl
- based on memoir or autobiography
- older man younger woman relationship
- misogyny
- macabre
- historical drama
- shocking
- 1980s
- sexual predator
- consent
- simulated sex
- 2010s
- french literature
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2024-03-05· Rendez-Vous with French Cinema
