at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. In France, it was released in July 2014 and it attracted 300,373 audiences. In Chennai the film was screened as the opening film of the 12th Chennai International Film Festival in December 2014. In January 2015, the film received two nominations at the 20th Lumières Awards. Reception In the United States the film garnered a lukewarm critical reaction. It holds an approval rating of 50% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 46 reviews, with an average rating of 5.9/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Perplexingly less than the sum of its dramatic real-life parts, In the Name of My Daughter doesn't do enough to support its story — or Catherine Deneuve's performance. Metacritic gave the film an average score of 57/100 based on 21 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Rex Reed in his review for New York Observer concluded: " The characters' intense desires are framed within a sedate, workaday context, so that even though the characters' passions drive the action, director Andre Téchiné lends the film an appealing illusion of calm." Richard Brody from The New Yorker called the film "a ready-made classic melodrama". Nicolas Rapold writing for The New York Times commented that "Mr. Téchiné ’s methodical storytelling covers more narrative ground than the drama requires, sapping the film’s energy." In his review for the San Francisco Chronicle, Mick LaSalle described In the Name of my daughter as "Lacking action to the point of seeming immobile, Mr. Téchiné nevertheless amasses a catalogue of anger, desire and sex, enhanced by stunning landscapes of villas and a parade of the rich and glamorous haut monde at play." While Stephanie Merry in The Washington Post commented: "In the Name of My Daughter has good intentions of taking a sensationalistic riddle and turning it into a human story. But the pendulum ultimately swings too far, leaving an explosive tale behind in favor of one that fizzles out." DVD release The film was released on DVD in the United States on 8 May 2015. References External links In the Name of My Daughter at Cohen Media Group (US Distributor) 2014 films French drama films 2010s French-language films Films directed by André Téchiné Drama films based on actual events Films set in the 1970s Films set in the 2000s Courtroom films 2014 drama films 2010s French films