Jean-Philippe Ricci

From the acclaimed director of The Beat My Heart Skipped, Jacques Audiard brings us the winner of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix, France’s official selection for the 2010 Academy awards and winner of the London Film Festival 2009 Award for Best Film. Condemned to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena cannot read nor write. Arriving in prison at the age of 19 he is much younger and more fragile than the other convicts. Cornered by the leader of the Corsican gang who rules the prison, he is given a number of “missions” to carry out, toughening him up and gaining the gang leader’s confidence in the process. But Malik is brave and a fast learner, daring to secretly develop his own plans…

Richard, Gilles and Philippe have been friends for nearly 50 years. For the duration of one summer, they set sail with their partners on a magnificent sailing boat, heading for the Mediterranean island of Corsica. But things do not always go smoothly on board, especially since each couple has their own problems, and the weather has some surprises in store for them. Between the laughter and the confessions, old grievances and jealousies gradually come to the surface. The trio find themselves taking stock of their lives and their relationships to the others. Will their friendship weather the storm?