Adapted from Annie Ernaux’s 1991 autofictional novel, award-winning writer-director Danielle Arbid’s Simple Passion is a sexually frank portrait of female lust and vulnerability. University lecturer and single mother Hélène Auguste (Laetitia Dosch) falls into an addictive relationship with a Russian diplomat (Sergei Polunin) stationed in Paris. A Strand Releasing release

In French and English, with English subtitles

Official Selection: Cannes Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, San Sebastián International Film Festival