Three time loser Eddie has had enough of life behand bars. Determined to make good after an early parole from prison, Eddie finds devoted sweetheart Joan waiting for him. Fate then deals the now newly married couple a cruel blow when Eddie is unjustly convicted of bank robbery and murder all the while proclaiming his innocence. The couple decides on a course of action when Ediie gets a death sentence.

Part crime thriller, part romantic comedy, Louis Garrel's The Innocent shows the dangerous and outlandish lengths two men go to for the women they love. Garrel stars as Abel, an aquarium educator whose mother, Sylvie, marries one of her drama pupils in the local penitentiary, Michel. Once on parole, Michel attempts to start a legitimate life but soon reverts to his old ways, eventually roping Abel into one of his schemes. Complicating matters is Clemence,...