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THE ACCUSATION
LES CHOSES HUMAINES

• Director: Yvan Attal
• FRANCE / 2021 / DCP / Colour / 138’ / French; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Yaël Langmann, Yvan Attal
• Original Work: Karine Tuil
• Director of Photography: Rémy Chevrin
• Editing: Albertine Lastera
• Music: Mathieu Lamboley
• Cast: Ben Attal, Suzanne Jouannet, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Mathieu Kassovitz, Pierre Arditi, Audrey Dana, Benjamin Lavernhe, Judith Chemla, Camille Razat, Laëtitia Eid
• Producer: Olivier Delbosc, Yvan Attal, Sidonie Dumas
• Production Co.: Curiosa Films, Films Sous Influence, Gaumont, France 2 Cinema
• World Sales: Gaumont

The Farels are a power couple: Jean is a prominent French pundit and his wife Claire an essayist known for her radical feminism. Together they have a model son, Alexandre, who is a student at a prestigious American university. During a brief visit to Paris, Alexandre meets Mila, the daughter of his mother’s new partner, and invites her to a party. The next day, Mila files a complaint against Alexandre for rape, destroying family harmony and setting in motion an inextricable media-judicial machine that posits opposing truths. French director Yvan Attal has returned to drama after six comedies, casting his son Ben in the lead role of Alexandre and wife Charlotte Gainsbourg as his mother. Adapted from Karine Tuil’s novel, The Accusation had its premiere out of competition at the 2021 Venice Film Festival.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.