A lonely young widower is drawn into a dangerous plot to pilfer caviar and negotiates pleasingly barmy plot twistsWith his fourth feature directing, mop-haired actor-director Louis Garrel puts a French stamp on the Hollywood heist movie.
The Innocent is a screwball romcom-caper starring Garrel himself as a guy who gets caught up in a plot to pilfer a job lot of caviar (you don’t get more Gallic than that).
It’s a broad, enjoyable, lighthearted movie with a fair few not-insignificant plot holes, but a genuinely surprising storyline that keeps you guessing to the end.Garrel plays Abel, a young widower, just 32, who’s been emotionally dormant since his wife died.
Though he is is close to his mum, Sylvie, a charismatic, warm chaotic actor played with fizzing comic energy by Anouk Grinberg.
Sylvie has a thing for bad guys; her latest squeeze is suave thief Michel (Roschdy Zem…
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