My New Friends

Grieving her recently departed colleague and romantic partner Slimane (Moustapha Mbengue), Huppert’s forensics officer initially finds solace in the company of her new neighbours: young teacher Julia (Hafsia Herzi) and her husband Yann (BPM’s electric Nahuel Pérez Biscayart). But she soon learns that Yann is under government surveillance for his direct action against the police force, and finds her allegiances tested by their friendship. One of the most celebrated of the generation of filmmakers who emerged after the French New Wave, Téchiné has worked steadily across seven decades specialising in intimate, absorbing chamber dramas. My New Friends is no exception, treating hot-button subject matter with characteristic sensitivity.