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Consent

Consent

20236.81h 59m

Overview

In 2013, Vanessa Springora recounts how she found herself under the influence of a famous writer. In 1986, she was 13; him, almost 50. The victim of a triple predation: sexual, literary, and psychic, there's more beyond her individual story. She questions the excesses of an era, and the complacency of an environment blinded by talent and celebrity.

Directed by Vanessa Filho
Written by Vanessa Springora, Vanessa Filho, François Pirot
Produced by Marc Missonnier, Carole Lambert
Box OfficeBudget: $3.7MRevenue: $4.7M

Top Cast

Kim Higelin

Kim Higelin

Vanessa Springora (jeune)

Jean-Paul Rouve

Jean-Paul Rouve

Gabriel Matzneff

Laetitia Casta

Laetitia Casta

La mère de Vanessa

Élodie Bouchez

Élodie Bouchez

Vanessa Springora (adulte)

Jean Chevalier

Jean Chevalier

Youri

Lolita Chammah

Lolita Chammah

La meilleure amie de la mère de Vanessa

David Clavel

David Clavel

Michel

Agathe Dronne

Agathe Dronne

Christiane (diner 1985)

Christophe Grégoire

Christophe Grégoire

Bernard (diner 1985)

D

Doby Broda

Muriel (diner 1985)

Themes & Keywords

pedophiliasexual abusebased on true storysodomyteenage girlbased on memoir or autobiographyolder man younger woman relationshipmisogynymacabrehistorical dramashocking1980ssexual predatorconsentsimulated sex2010sfrench literature

About Consent

Consent is a history, drama film released in 2023 exploring themes of pedophilia, sexual abuse, based on true story, sodomy, teenage girl, based on memoir or autobiography. Directed by Vanessa Filho, it stars Kim Higelin, Jean-Paul Rouve, Laetitia Casta. In 2013, Vanessa Springora recounts how she found herself under the influence of a famous writer. In 1986, she was 13; him, almost 50. The victim of a triple predation: sexual, literary, and psychic, there's more beyond her individual story. She questions the excesses of an era, and the complacency of an environment blinded by talent and celebrity.

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