Consent Movie Details:
| French title | Le Consentement |
| Based on | Consent by Vanessa Springora |
| Country | France Belgium |
| Language | French |
| Genre | Biography, Drama |
| Release date | 11 October 2023 (France and Belgium) |
| Running time | 1hr 58min |
| Starring | Kim Higelin Jean-Paul Rouve Laetitia Casta Élodie Bouchez |
| Directed by | Vanessa Filho |
| Written by | Vanessa Filho François Pirot Vanessa Springora |
| Produced by | Carole Lambert Marc Missonier |
| Cinematography by | Guillaume Schiffman |
| Edited by | Marion Monestier Sophie Reine |
| Music by | Audrey Ismaël Olivier Coursier |
| Production Company | Moana Films Windy Production France 2 Cinéma Panache Productions |
| Distributor | Pan Distribution (France) Anga Distribution (Belgium) |
Consent Movie Cast & Characters:
- Kim Higelin as Vanessa Springora
- Jean-Paul Rouve as Gabriel Matzneff
- Laetitia Casta as Vanessa’s mother
- Élodie Bouchez as Vanessa Springora in 2013
- Jean Chevalier as Youri
- Lolita Chammah as the best friend of Vanessa’s mother
- David Clavel as Michel
- Agathe Dronne as Christiane
- Christophe Grégoire as Bernard
- Doby Broda as Muriel
- Irène Ismaïloff as the concierge
- Anne Loiret as the Latin teacher
- Lilas-Rose Gilberti as Camille
- Tanguy Mercier as Julien
- Selma Tamiatto as Clothilde
- Lou-Ann Trabaud as Agnès
- Héloïse Bresc as Audrey
- Eloi Léger as Nico
- Ferdinand Redouloux as Corentin
- Manon Le Bail as Eva
- Donovan Fouassier as Olivier
- Raphael Romand as Ronnie
- Victor Fruhinsholz as Samuel
- Noam Morgensztern as Jean-Didier Wolfromm
- Félicien Juttner as the lover of Vanessa’s mother
- Marie-Christine Letort as Isabelle
- Christophe Kourotchkine as Éric
- Alain Fromager as Alain
- Sébastien Pouderoux as Vanessa’s father
- Miglen Mirtchev as Emil Cioran
- Françoise Gazio as Simone Boué
- Anne Benoît as the French teacher
Storyline:
Paris, 1985. Vanessa is 13 when she meets Gabriel Matzneff, a renowned writer in his fifties. The teenager becomes the lover and muse of this man celebrated by the cultural and political world. Losing herself in the relationship, Vanessa increasingly suffers the predator’s destructive hold over her.
About Consent Movie:
Consent (French: Le Consentement) is a biographical drama film directed by Vanessa Filho, from a screenplay co-written by Filho, Vanessa Springora, and François Pirot, based on Springora’s 2020 best-selling memoir of the same title describing the sexual abuse she experienced beginning at age 14 from author Gabriel Matzneff, then 49.
Principal photography began on 16 May 2022 and wrapped on 30 June 2022.
It stars Kim Higelin, Jean-Paul Rouve, Laetitia Casta, and Élodie Bouchez. The film is a co-production between France and Belgium. It was released theatrically in France by Pan Distribution and in Belgium by Anga Distribution on 11 October 2023.
The film received two nominations at the 2024 César Awards, Best Adaptation and Best Female Revelation.
Consent Movie Budget & Box Office Collection:
| Budget | €3,7 million |
| Worldwide Collection | $4,6 million |
