Anything for Her – review
'Anything for Her' by Fred Cavaye - in cinemas accross the UK from 5th of June!
‘Anything for Her’ (running title in French – Pour Elle) revolves around the lives of a married couple Julien (Vincent Lindon) and Lisa (Diane Kruger). As Lisa is wrongly imprisoned for a murder, Julien goes against the system and comes up with an escape plan. He uses an escaped prisoner and bestselling author as a consultant and manages to keep the plan a secret even from his closest family. Lisa herself has no idea about the plan and is very surprised to see how far can a loving man go.
Fre Cavaye, director of the film, explained that idea belongs to Guillaume Lemans. ‘A man decides to help his wife, victim of miscarriage of justice, to escape from prison and to fight against this cruel blow of fate that has separated him from the woman he loves. He has the choice to give in or to fight back and attempt everything possible, even if that means breaking the law, to get back the relationship, the family life, the wife he loves,” he said.
The film talks about unconditional love and the crimes of passion. With constant moral dilemmas about what is ‘right’ and ‘wrong’, ‘good’ and ‘bad’ the creators play with actors and manipulate viewers. It is a dark but very real loves story and any woman could only dream about such a strong man by her side. While Lisa gives up several times during her years in prison and even considers suicide, Julien stands by her no matter what and fights for both of them.
With some unexpected twists and considerably happy ending, I would describe ‘Anything for Her’ as ‘very French’. One might agree or disagree with the ethical side of the story, however, it definitely leaves one thinking about it. It is a film that forms an opinion and doesn’t make one ignorant.
The Happy Bunny was a little bit disappointed how stupidly Lisa got caught for a crime she did not commit. It seems the creators tried to make the film too real and but lost the spark somewhere half-way thorough. Blinking three out of five times but just because it was Vincent Lindon not Jean Reno (il est très sexy).
In cinemas across the UK from the 5th of June!
Special thanks to Emfoundation!
Text: Marina Scukina
