DO THE RIGHT THING

LE SUCCESSEUR

2023 / 107 min / color

30-year-old Ellias Barnès is a successful man. A talented designer, he has just taken an important position at a leading Parisian fashion house. Just when the professional world is opening up to him, he gets news of his father’s death. He has to return to Montréal, which he left many years earlier, to arrange for the burial. Returning to his hometown feels like a trip into a completely different world — one that represents everything that Ellias has tried so badly to forget. Confronting the past may prove extremely painful. Following his brilliant, award-winning debut feature Custody (2017), French director Xavier Legrand returns to the subject of toxic family relationships and their lingering consequences. To what extent do they shape us? Is it ever possible to break free of them? Skillfully using the medium of film, he designs a suspenseful story with a touch of dark drama, as well as psychological horror.