From timid beginnings to exponential success, Le Consentement, adapted from the shocking story by Vanessa Springora, achieved an unexpected and atypical career in theaters.
The film Le Consentement, released in cinemas on October 11, is enjoying an atypical success. Which has earned him numerous press articles in recent days.
As its producer, Marc Missionnier, indicated, the film continues to see its admissions increase, week after week: “For its restart in the 4th week with 380 copies, #leconsentement already exceeded the threshold of 300,000 entries in France yesterday, beating its daily record (more than 23,500 entries with incomplete results on 1/11)“.
“With 142,354 French admissions in the 3rd week on 240 copies, #leconsentement recorded a spectacular increase of +73% and accumulated 284,202 French admissions!“
While it is not uncommon for films to see a boom in attendance during school holidays and/or public holidays, the success of Consent is surprising.
“This is unheard of“, indicated Marc Missonnier, in the columns of 20 minutes. “The usual models don’t apply, the big question is what will happen after the holidays end“schools on Sunday,” he continues.
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And added: “Theaters tell us that they have never had so many young people under 20 or 25 come to see a French auteur film.
As we indicated last week, this rebound in attendance could originate from the social network, particularly popular with young people, Tik Tok. The film’s publicists shared the news last week, with supporting examples.
A phenomenon that we could observe for example to create word of mouth on books (“booktok”), but which is, a priori, much rarer when it comes to cinema releases, in this case cinema releases. French author.
Consent: the TikTok phenomenon commented by its director
According to the satisfaction observatorya similar phenomenon could be observed by Simone, the journey of the century, which had a good longevity in theaters in 2022.
“Although we do not yet have precise data on the age of spectators and the reasons which led them to go to cinemas, Le Consentement has sparked a very quantifiable phenomenon: on the TikTok application, long-form videos -footage have accumulated 26.2 million views“, noted The Parisian in its columns this morning.
Vanessa Filho at the microphone of AlloCiné
The newspaper Le Parisien also specifies that Le Consentement will be screened at the National Assembly by the Secretary of State for Children, Charlotte Caubel, on November 21.
Published in January 2020, “Le Consentement”, the story behind the film, caused a lot of noise when it was released. The chilling testimony of Vanessa Springora revealed the pedophilic practices of Gabriel Matzneff, who had nevertheless claimed them in his books (notably in “The Under Sixteen Years”, published in 1974) for decades. This autobiographical story has sold more than 180,000 copies worldwide.
The film Consent is currently in theaters.