Victoria
Opening Film, Semaine de la Critique Cannes 2016
Directed by: Justine TRIET
Country: France
Year of production: 2016
Length: 97 minutes
Genre: comedy, drama
Victoria Spick (Virginie Efira) is a criminal lawyer whose love life is null and void.At a wedding, she catches up with her old friend Vincent (Melvil Poupaud) and runs into Sam (Vincent Lacoste) a loser she successfully defended in court. The next day, Vincent is accused of attempting to murder his girlfriend. The only witness is the victim’s dog. Victoria reluctantly agrees to defend Vincent and hires Sam to be her au pair boy. Thus begins a series of cataclysms in Victoria’s life.
Sponsors: Timișoreana, Linde Gaz România
Partners: Hotel Timișoara, Renault
The project is part of the National Cultural Programme "Timisoara - European Capital of Culture in 2023" and is funded under the European Echoes programme, implemented by the Center for Projects of the Timișoara Municipality, with sums allocated from the state budget, through the Ministry of Culture budget;