Tristan Séguéla's legal drama The Good Lawyer arrives on Netflix

Tristan Séguéla presented his new French legal drama The Good Lawyer in Venice before its arrival on Netflix. According to What's on Netflix, the film follows Léonard Landry (Laurent Lafitte), a brazen tempered lawyer addicted to alcohol and cocaine, who ends up defending a key witness in a high stakes case. Over the course of a week, his addictions cause him to collapse in court, cocaine packets are found under his robe, and he is forced to lie and cheat to get back on the docket before his trial scheduled for the following Monday. The director, known for his rushed and business oriented characters, reunites with Lafitte after Class Act and Mercato, delivering a tense thriller where the countdown to the protagonist's fate accelerates.