IGOR JIJIKINE

KOMPROMAT (2022)
Starring Gilles Lellouche, Joanna Kulig, Mikhail Gorevoy, Sasha Piltsin, Mikhail Safronov, Aleksey Gorbunov and Igor Jijikine. Directed by Jérôme Salle.

Mathieu is a gregarious and dedicated diplomat who accepts a posting to Irkutsk as the head of Siberia’s Alliance Française. He hopes the change will be good for his family and struggling marriage, but before long Mathieu’s staging of cultural events and support of artistic expression sees him fall afoul of local authorities. Accused of a terrible crime, he soon realises someone has fabricated a case with Russia’s Federal Security Service; he has been framed. Arrested, imprisoned and isolated, Mathieu has nowhere to turn. Defending himself is impossible, the French authorities are helpless... it seems he has no choice: to try and escape.