Film: Le Consentement (Francophone Film Festival)
- Event Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2026
- Time: 6:30 pm–8:30 pm (CDT)
- Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
- Age: Viewer discretion advised
Quick Stats
- French film by Vanessa Filho
- 2022
- 1h58
- Fiction, Drama, Literary Adaptation
Paris, 1985. Vanessa is thirteen when she meets Gabriel Matzneff. A very smart and manipulative man, the fifty-year-old renowned writer seduces the young girl. The adolescent becomes the lover and muse of a man celebrated by the cultural and political establishment. Losing herself in the relationship, she gradually starts to realize how destructive and anormal the situation is, until she finally sees Gabriel Matzneff for the predator he really is. Vanessa now has a long journey to free herself from his influence and heal from her suffering.
Read more about the Francophone Film Festival (external link).
All films will have English subtitles.
Contact
For further information on this event, contact Aurore Mroz at apmroz@illinois.edu (email link).
All are welcome. To request disability-related accommodations for this event, please contact Brian Cudiamat at cudiamat@illinois.edu (email link) or (217) 244-5586.