SOPHIE PINCEMAILLE

THE THREAD (2025)

Starring Daniel Auteuil, Grégory Gadebois, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Alice Belaïdi, Suliane Brahim, Gaëtan Roussel, Isabelle Candelier, Florence Janas, Aurore Auteuil and Laurent Bozzi. Directed by Daniel Auteuil.

Auteuil stars as Jean Monier, a well-past-his-prime defence lawyer who, ever since discovering he was responsible for a killer being exonerated, now prefers to work as a prosecutor. But one evening, Jean agrees to help his over-committed wife and fellow counsel Annie (Sidse Babett Knudsen) by meeting with Nicolas Milik (Grégory Gadebois), a shell-shocked father of five who has just been arrested for the murder of his troubled wife.

Milik’s predicament inexplicably touches Jean; the more he pieces together the events of the night in question, the more he becomes convinced of Milik’s innocence. Soon, Jean rediscovers his passion for his vocation and becomes obsessed with exposing the killer.

CUSTODY (2018)

Starring Denis Ménochet, Léa Drucker, Thomas Gioria, Mathilde Auneveux, Mathieu Saikaly, Florence Janas, Saadia Bentaïeb, Sophie Pincemaille, Emilie Incerti-Formentini and Jérome Care-Aulanier. Directed by Xavier Legrand.

Miriam and Antoine have recently separated. While she’s willing to permit their 17-year-old daughter Josephine to decide living arrangements for herself, Miriam is desperate to keep her youngest, 11-year-old Julien, away from his father. But the magistrate rules in favour of joint-custody, and suddenly the boy is thrown directly into the middle of an escalating parental conflict, where it seems inevitable that sides must be chosen.

REVIEWS Custody - A taut, stifling domestic drama