Directed by: Benoît Jacquot
Cast: Islid Le Bescot, Nahuel Perez Biscayart, Jérôme Kircher, Mathieu Simonet, Jean-Pierre Gos
Drama / 2010 / 1h42 mn
Festivals: Hong Kong International Film Festival 2011, Los Angeles City of Lights, City of Angels Festival 2011, Toronto International Film Festival 2011
Award: Critic’s Prize at the Los Angeles City of Lights, City of Angels Festival 2011
Based on a real-life 19th century trial, the film recounts the abduction of Joséphine the daughter of a respectable country doctor. Deeply religious and mentally unstable, Joséphine succumbs to a bewitching vagabond named Timothé and leaves the family home to follow him deep into the woods. But did she leave of her own free will or was she forced?
After many French actors refused to play Timothé, as they were afraid of the audience’s reaction and perception of the character, the director Benoît Jacquot naturally turned to the Argentinean comedian Nahuel Perez Biscayart
