DRIFT AWAY
XAVIER BEAUVOIS


Synopsis
Laurent is a brigade officer within Etretat’s gendarmerie. He proposed Marie with whom they have a daughter nicknamed Poulette. He loves his job despite social deprivation he witnesses day by day. Wanting to save a farmer who is about to commit suicide, he kills him. His life will no longer be the same…
Producers
Worso films
Coproducers
Pathé, Orange Studio, France 3 Cinéma and Scope Pictures
Script
Xavier Beauvois, Frédérique Moreau and Marie-Julie Maille
Cast
Jérémie Renier, Marie-Julie Maille, Victor Belmondo, Iris Bry, Olivier Pequery and Madeleine Beauvois
Financial partners
Région Normandie, Canal+, Ciné+, SOFITVCINE 7, CINEMAGE 14, INDEFILMS 8, CINÉCAP 3, CINVEVENTURE 5, Tax shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge via Scope Invest
French distribution
Pathé Films
International sales
Pathé Films
Broadcast
Canal+, Ciné+ and France Télévisions
French release
November 3 rd, 2021
Festivals & awards
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Berlinale 2021 - Official Competition
