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In the Name of My Daughter is a french film of genre Drama directed by André Téchiné with Catherine Deneuve
In the Name of My Daughter (2012)
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Add to a movie listIn the Name of My Daughter (French: L'Homme qu'on aimait trop; also known as French Riviera) is a 2014 French drama film directed by André Téchiné and starring Catherine Deneuve, Guillaume Canet and Adèle Haenel. The script was based on the memoir, Une femme face à la Mafia, written by Renée Le Roux and her son Jean-Charles Le Roux. It retraces the Agnès Le Roux case, which made headlines in the 1970s.
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Agnès Le Roux, a young independent woman, returns to Nice in 1976 to have a new start in her life after a failed marriage. Her mother, Renée Le Roux, a wealthy widow, is fighting with other shareholders for control of the Palais de la Méditerranée, a casino on the French Rivera. The casino is facing difficulties and in one night, it loses five million francs to professional gamblers who very likely tampered a game.Actors
Catherine Deneuve
(Renée Le Roux)
Guillaume Canet
(Maurice Agnelet)
Adèle Haenel
(Agnès Le Roux)
Judith Chemla
(Françoise)
Tanya Lopert
(Lydie)
Noël Simsolo
(Avocat Agnelet)
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