★★☆☆☆ Amour fou in a French penitentiary has Blue is the Warmest Colour star Adele Exarchopoulos falling in love with the prison warden in Pierre Godeau's slickly-produced true-story tale of forbidden passion, Down By Love. We first meet Anna (Exarchopoulos) as she arrives at a prison to await her trial. Focusing on her familiar features while we hear the shouting and threats of male prisoners, there is an echo of Jacques Audiard's A Prophet, but don't get your hopes up. There is a naturalism to the first minutes with fellow inmates played by real prisoners and the prison itself portrayed as relatively relaxed, despite the odd punch up in the exercise yard.
- 6/18/2016
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
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