Down by Love


Down by Love is a 2016 French drama film directed by Pierre Godeau.

Plot

Based on the life of Sorour Arbabzadeh and Florent Goncalves in 2010, a young woman, Anna Amari, is detained at a prison for women in Versailles, where she encounters Jean Firmino, the prison director. She is sentenced to nine years in prison and they begin an illegal relationship which brings the attention of the authorities onto them.

Cast

Critical response

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Down by Love has an approval rating of 40%, based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 5/10.