Down by Love
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{{Infobox film
| name = Down by Love
| image = Éperdument.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| native_name = Éperdument
| director = Pierre Godeau
| producer = Philippe Godeau
Cyril Colbeau-Justin
Jean-Baptiste Dupont
Nathalie Gastaldo
| screenplay = Pierre Godeau
Florent Gonçalves
Catherine Siguret
| based_on = {{based on|Défense d'aimer|Florent Gonçalves}}
| starring = Guillaume Gallienne
Adèle Exarchopoulos
| music = Robin Coudert
| cinematography = Muriel Cravatte
| editing = Hervé de Luze
| studio = Pan-Européenne
StudioCanal
France 2 Cinéma
LGM Productions
Appaloosa Distribution
Don't Be Shy Productions
Versus Production
| distributor = StudioCanal
| released = {{Film date|2016|2|25|Paris premiere|2016|03|02|France|df=yes}}
| runtime = 110 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
| gross = $50,828{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=downbylove.htm|title=Down By Love |work=Box Office Mojo}}
}}
Down by Love ({{langx|fr|Éperdument}}) is a 2016 French drama film directed by Pierre Godeau.
Plot
Based on the life of Sorour Arbabzadeh and Florent Goncalves in 2010, a young woman, Anna Amari, is detained at a prison for women in Versailles, where she encounters Jean Firmino, the prison director. She is sentenced to nine years in prison and they begin an illegal relationship which brings the attention of the authorities onto them.
Cast
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- Guillaume Gallienne as Jean Firmino
- Adèle Exarchopoulos as Anna Amari
- {{illm|Stéphanie Cléau|fr|Stéphanie Cléau}} as Elise Firmino
- Marie Rivière as Anna's mother
- Aliénor Poisson as Louise Firmino
- Cyrielle Martinez as Zoé
- Selma Mansouri as Sonia
- Sabila Moussadek as Aïda
- Julie Moulier as Pilar
- Marie Berto as Béatrice
- Amir El Kacem as Mam's
- Soumaye Bocoum as Mélanie
- Ahlem Lahouel as Ahlem
- Nade Dieu as The captain
- Anne Loiret as Anna's lawyer
- Maryline Even as Co-prisoner at Fleury
- Olivier Foubert as The teacher
- Aude Briant as The secretary
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Critical response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Down by Love has an approval rating of 40%, based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 5/10.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/down_by_love_2016/ |title=Down By Love (Éperdument) (2016) |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes }}
References
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External links
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Category:2010s French-language films
Category:Drama films based on actual events
Category:Films based on non-fiction books
Category:Films scored by Robin Coudert
Category:Women in prison films
Category:France 2 Cinéma films
Category:Films produced by Jacques-Henri Bronckart
Category:French-language drama films
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