127 mins |
Rated
M (Violence, offensive language, drug use & sex scenes)
Directed by Jérôme Salle
Starring Denis Villeneuve, Stephen Tompkinson, Michael Gor, Sasha Piltsin, Mikhail Safronov
Mathieu is a gregarious and dedicated diplomat who accepts a posting to Irkutsk as the head of Siberia’s Alliance Française. He hopes the change will be good for his family and struggling marriage, but before long Mathieu’s staging of
cultural events and support of artistic expression sees him
fall foul of local authorities. Accused of a terrible crime, he soon realises someone has fabricated a case with Russia’s Federal Security Service; he has been framed.
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Mathieu is a gregarious and dedicated diplomat who accepts a posting to Irkutsk as the head of Siberia’s Alliance Française. He hopes the change will be good for his family and struggling marriage, but before long Mathieu’s staging of
cultural events and support of artistic expression sees him
fall foul of local authorities. Accused of a terrible crime, he soon realises someone has fabricated a case with Russia’s Federal Security Service; he has been framed.