Broadcast this Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 9:20 p.m. on C8, The Torrent features José Garcia and André Dussollier at the heart of a dark investigation in the Vosges. A psychological thriller inspired by a terrible news story.
To ensure the impact of a film or series, the label “inspired by a true story” often proves very effective… even more so if the story is based on a significant news item, for one reason or another. As, for example, with Next time I will aim for the heart (2014) which traces the murderous journey of a gendarme at the end of the 70s. The explanation for the title of this thriller is also quite chilling. Recently, the impressive The Night of the 12threleased in theaters in July 2022 and big winner of the 2023 César, looked into a sad affair, which has still not been resolved.
Anne Le Ny, the director of Torrent?
French cinema has therefore often focused on legal cases. This is also the case for Torrentpsychological thriller released in theaters in November 2022 and broadcast this Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 9:20 p.m. on C8. This anxiety-inducing thriller set in the heart of the Vosges follows Lison Boiron, whose parents are divorced, who comes to spend the weekend with her father, now living with another woman, Juliette. By opening a computer there to relieve her boredom, she discovers photos of Juliette, naked, in the company of another man, which makes her father mad with rage. During the argument, Juliette had an accidental and fatal fall. Director Anne Le Ny, who signed the bittersweet comedy We almost were friends in 2014, radically changes register with this stifling family suspense.
What real news story is inspired by? The Torrent ?
Played in particular by José Garcia, also a regular in comedies, in the role of the father and André Dussollier in that of the victim's father, The Torrent is therefore based on a terrible drama. This is the Suzanne Viguier affair, named after this mother who disappeared on February 27, 2000. At the time, her husband, Jacques Viguier, was implicated by the police, but always supported by his children, against all odds. The man, defended by Eric Dupond-Moretti before he became Minister of Justice, was acquitted in April 2009, a judgment confirmed on appeal in March 2010.It took me a while to write, and I thought a lot about finding the place of the young girl“, explained Anne Le Ny in the press kit for the film. “Adopting the father's side was complicated and I took that of a daughter who has no place with her father and may feel the unconscious desire to see her mother-in-law disappear. I am myself a mother-in-law with beautiful, charming children. So I know that an affectionate relationship can be mixed with quite ambivalent unconscious feelings, like in fairy tales.“
