Anything For Her (or, Pour Elle, if you prefer not to deviate from its origins) is wonderfully arty, dramatic and very, definitively, French (because, well, it is).

Documenting the twists and turns of Lisa’s (Diane Kruger) unjust prison sentence, for a murder she did not commit, and her other half, Julien’s (Vincent Lindon) meticulously planned quest to set her free, the plot marries the genres of romance, crime and thriller seamlessly, and the outcome is spectacular.

Stylistically, the film toys with our emotions as we are tugged from moments of intense passion, to ruthless run-ins with hardened criminals - we’re just about softened, and in a gooey awe over Oscar, their toddler son’s, ignorance of Daddy’s newly found hobby, and then, before you know it, someone gets murdered. Most alarmingly though, it is the emergence of a very dirty conscious which troubles us the most. You see, Julien lends himself to the life all rather too easily.

His first step: effortlessly tracking down an author who had written, the self-explanatory titled, My Life On The Run, about his escape from prison (surely not the most sensible thing to do, non?). Phase two: putting The Plan into place - doing some dodgy stuff, whilst, rather worryingly, remaining the hero du jour. And finally: The Big Escape, to which the wise words of criminal-turned-author, ‘escaping is easy. The hard part is staying free’ loom over the sequence like an ominous cloud of rain.

Heavily weathered Julien and pure-as-silk Lisa, who is, quite literally, of supermodel calibre, make for an odd couple. Their imbalanced partnership is certainly unrealistic (we hope!) but, nevertheless, functions to explain his undeterred obsession with her. That said, we don’t mock him for it - you’d be hard pressed to find a soul who will go that far for the one they love. But he does. And so, on screen, it all looks desperately romantic.

We spur the duo on throughout, despite their wrong-doings, but ultimately, we’re left in the lurch, resigned to formulating our own ending for the family on the run. It’s an infuriating conclusion, but not without impact, as stacks of questions remain unanswered.