36-year murder riddle of heiress Agnes Le Roux and her lover Maurice Agnelet. The heiress to the Palais de la Mediterranee casino in Nice. Le Roux disappeared several months after she was at.
- Unresolved Disappearance In 1977, 29-year-old Agnes Le Roux was the heiress of the Palais de la Mediterranee, a popular casino in Nice, France. The casino was operated by Le Roux’s mother, who refused to allow her daughter to withdraw her inheritance.
- An appeal court began reviewing last December’s acquittal of Jean-Maurice Agnelet, who was found not guilty of killing his former lover Agnes Le Roux, a wealthy casino heiress who vanished in 1977.
by André Téchiné
synopsis
Nice, 1976. Agnès Le Roux, daughter of the owner of the Palais de la Méditerranée, falls in love with a beautiful lawyer ten years his senior Maurice Agnelet. It has other links, she loves to madness. Against a background of war casinos, he connects with Fratoni, sour competitor of his mother, who offers him three million francs to take control of the casino. Agnes accepts but resents his betrayal. Maurice away. After a suicide attempt, the young woman disappears...
| international title: | In the Name of My Daughter |
| original title: | L'Homme qu'on aimait trop |
| country: | France |
| sales agent: | Elle Driver |
| year: | 2014 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | André Téchiné |
| film run: | 116' |
| release date: | FR 16/07/2014, NL 07/08/2014 |
| screenplay: | André Téchiné, Cédric Anger |
| cast: | Catherine Deneuve, Guillaume Canet, Adèle Haenel |
| cinematography by: | Julien Hirsch |
| film editing: | Hervé de Luze |
| art director: | Nathalie Roubaud |
| costumes designer: | Pascaline Chavanne |
| music: | Benjamin Biolay |
| producer: | Olivier Delbosc, Marc Missonnier |
| production: | Fidélité Films, Mars Films, Canéo Films |
| backing: | Région Ile-de-France, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| distributor: | Mars Films Distribution, Filmfreak Distributie |
THE LEGENDARY CATHERINE DENEUVE REUNITES WITH DIRECTOR ANDRE TECHINE IN THIS FILM SET AMID THE TURBULENT NICE CASINO WARS OF THE 1970s.
CANNES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014. OUT OF COMPETITION.
Based on the Agnès Le Roux case.
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Nice, 1976. Following the failure of her marriage, Agnès Le Roux returns from Africa to her mother Renée, owner of the Casino Le Palais de la Méditerranée. The young lady falls in love with Renée’s confident, Maurice Agnelet, a handsome lawyer 10 years elder. He has other relationships; she’s crazy for him. Shareholder of the Casino, Agnès wants to sell her family heritage to become independent, but her mother stubbornly refuses. A riddled game empties the casino’s vaults. Renée is threatened. The shadow of the mafia and Fratoni, the dodgy boss of a competing casino who is trying to take over the Palais de la Méditerranée are behind these misdeeds. Amid this conflict, Maurice switches side and puts Agnès in contact with Fratoni, who offers her 3 million Francs for her to vote against her mother. Agnès accepts, Renée loses control of the casino. Agnès regrets her betrayal, Maurice leaves her. Following a suicide attempt, the young lady disappears in October 1977. Her body will never be found. Thirty years later Maurice Agnelet is still the prime suspect of this crime with no evidence nor body. Convinced of his guilt, Renée fiercely fights for his conviction…
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Based on the most famous alleged murder case of the French Riviera. The murder of Agnès Le Roux is a question remaining 30 years later. A tale of passion, money and betrayal.