All Is Forgiven (French: Tout est pardonné) is a 2007 French drama film written and directed by Mia Hansen-Løve in her directorial debut. It was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film. It was also nominated for the César Award for Best First Feature Film at the 2008 César Awards.
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Plot
Victor (Paul Blain) is a Frenchman living in Austria with his wife Annette and their six-year-old daughter Pamela. Victor is aimless, working infrequently as a teacher and a writer. He begins to use drugs and drink at night. Annette moves to Paris hoping it will cure Victor's depression, but his drug use becomes more frequent and he becomes abusive.
After they separate, Victor begins an affair with Gisèle, who is also addicted to drugs. When she overdoses he is inspired to seek treatment. While visiting Victor in rehab, Annette tells him she cannot forgive him and that she is taking Pamela with her to Caracas; she asks him to never contact her again.
Eleven years later Pamela receives a message from her paternal aunt, Martine. Against her mother's wishes she responds to the message, and learns her father never left Paris and her mother has been blocking all attempts at communication between him and Pamela.
The two are able to meet a handful of times before Pamela goes on vacation. However, before she can return, Victor dies abruptly.
His last letter to her contains several poems, including one in German about loss and rebirth which Pamela later translates for her friend.
Cast
Paul Blain as Victor
Marie-Christine Friedrich as Annette
Victoire Rousseau and Constance Rousseau as Pamela
Carole Franck as Martine
Olivia Ross as Gisèle
Alice Langlois as Judith
Pascal Bongard as André
Éleonore Rousseau as Alix
Claude Duneton as le grand-père
Alice Meiringer as Karine
Katrin Daliot as Agnès
Elena Fischer-Dieskau as Nektar