FRENCH RIVIERA is a gripping psychological drama based on the true story of Agnes Le Roux. She was a young heiress to a failing casino in 1970s Nice, seduced by an ambitious lawyer called Maurice Agnelet. He persuaded Agnes to use her votes to oust her mother Renee as manager of the casino, handing it in effect to a rival mafia-backed casino operator called Fratoni. Then, Agnes disappeared, never to be discovered, and the money Fratoni paid her ended up in Maurice's Swiss bank account. He escaped to Panama, only to voluntarily come back and stand the first of many trials, prosecuted by Agnes' driven but by now penurious mother.
