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Netflix Nears North American Deal for Lea Seydoux Cannes Drama Gentle Monster
film5 days ago

Netflix Nears North American Deal for Lea Seydoux Cannes Drama Gentle Monster

Netflix is close to a North American deal to acquire Gentle Monster, a Cannes Competition drama by Marie Kreutzer starring Léa Seydoux as an experimental pianist whose husband is accused of a second online life as a pedophile; the film marks Seydoux’s first onscreen singing role and is positioned as an Oscar-contender, with rights also expected for the UK, Australia and New Zealand as MK2 Films sells the title at Cannes.

via Deadline|
#cannes#film#gentle-monster
Lea Seydoux at Cannes: Existential Sci‑Fi and a Villeneuve‑Led Bond
entertainment10 days ago

Lea Seydoux at Cannes: Existential Sci‑Fi and a Villeneuve‑Led Bond

Léa Seydoux returns to Cannes with two starkly different films—The Unknown, a body‑swap sci‑fi by Arthur Harari, and Gentle Monster, a grounded social drama—where she probes questions of existence, identity, and transformation, while praising Denis Villeneuve as Bond’s director. She reveals she shot The Unknown just after giving birth, discusses why acting lets her exist and be seen, and reflects on AI’s impact on cinema and her love of cinema as a craft that keeps humanity at its core.

via Variety|
#cannes#denis-villeneuve#entertainment
Descent into Trust: A Mother's Harrowing Fight in Gentle Monster
film11 days ago

Descent into Trust: A Mother's Harrowing Fight in Gentle Monster

At Cannes, Marie Kreutzer's Gentle Monster tracks a couple's outward stability crumbling after a Munich child-crimes unit accuses the husband of distributing online child-pornography, pushing Lucy into a spiraling fight to shield their family; Léa Seydoux delivers a gravity-filled, heartbreakingly restrained performance, but the film remains a bleak, meticulously observed end-of-family drama with little hope or resolution.

via Variety|
#cannes-film-festival#end-of-family-drama#film
Seydoux Shines Amid Cannes' Troubled Family Portrait in Gentle Monster
film12 days ago

Seydoux Shines Amid Cannes' Troubled Family Portrait in Gentle Monster

Gentle Monster follows Lucy, a pianist in Bavaria, whose peaceful life with her husband and child is shattered when police uncover his online child-pornography. While Léa Seydoux delivers a committed, nuanced performance and Marie Kreutzer frames the story with precision, the Cannes drama is hampered by a cluttered, multi-plot narrative and a final act that lands anti-climactically, aided by its multilingual dialogue.

via Deadline|
#cannes-film-festival#film#film-review
Léa Seydoux Sparks Oscar Talk as Gentle Monster Dazzles Cannes
entertainment12 days ago

Léa Seydoux Sparks Oscar Talk as Gentle Monster Dazzles Cannes

At Cannes, Marie Kreutzer’s Gentle Monster drew a six‑minute standing ovation in competition, with Léa Seydoux delivering a standout turn as a mother whose life is upended when her husband is arrested for possessing and distributing child pornography. The heavy drama is one of the festival’s strongest titles and could influence the Best Actress race, with potential Oscar consideration if the film secures U.S. distribution.

via The Hollywood Reporter|
#best-actress#cannes-film-festival#entertainment
Lea Seydoux Faces a Moral Labyrinth in Gentle Monster at Cannes
entertainment12 days ago

Lea Seydoux Faces a Moral Labyrinth in Gentle Monster at Cannes

Léa Seydoux stars as Lucy in Marie Kreutzer's Cannes Competition drama Gentle Monster, a morally murky thriller about a husband accused of child-pornography, told largely through Lucy's perspective as she navigates suspicion, legal peril, and family upheaval, with restrained direction and a performance that probes guilt, isolation, and resilience.

via The Hollywood Reporter|
#cannes-film-festival#entertainment#film-review
A piercing Cannes portrait of cruelty hiding in plain sight
film12 days ago

A piercing Cannes portrait of cruelty hiding in plain sight

Marie Kreutzer’s Gentle Monster delivers a blunt, unflinching drama about pedophilia and how abuse can lurk within intimate life. Following pianist Lucy Weiss after her husband’s arrest, the film probes truth, complicity, and the impossibility of easy moral judgments, anchored by Léa Seydoux’s restrained, devastating performance and Judith Kaufmann’s expansive widescreen visuals. It premiered at Cannes 2026 and is seeking U.S. distribution.

via IndieWire|
#cannes-2026#film#gentle-monster
Lea Seydoux Joins Mikey Madison in A24's Red Death Reimagining
film4 months ago

Lea Seydoux Joins Mikey Madison in A24's Red Death Reimagining

Palme d’Or winner Lea Seydoux will star opposite Mikey Madison in The Masque of the Red Death, an A24/Picturestart revisionist, darkly comedic adaptation of Poe’s 1842 tale. The role is not disclosed. Writer-director Charlie Polinger leads the project, with Julia Hammer and Erik Feig producing for Picturestart; A24 will distribute worldwide. Seydoux, known for Dune: Part Two and James Bond films, has upcoming projects including The Unknown, Gentle Monster and Alpha Gang.

via Deadline|
#a24#film#lea-seydoux
Léa Seydoux Joins A24’s Dark Reimagining of The Masque of the Red Death
entertainment4 months ago

Léa Seydoux Joins A24’s Dark Reimagining of The Masque of the Red Death

French actress Léa Seydoux has joined Mikey Madison in A24’s revisionist take on Edgar Allan Poe’s The Masque of the Red Death, directed by Charlie Polinger. Madison is reported to play twin sisters in a tale where a mad prince hosts the noble class in a castle as a plague ravages the peasantry, with a long-lost twin from the lower class entering the decadent world leading to revenge and decapitations. The project, produced for Picturestart by Julia Hammer and Erik Feig (with James Presson and Lucy McKendrick) and distributed by A24, is set to shoot in Hungary beginning in February.

via The Hollywood Reporter|
#a24#charlie-polinger#entertainment
"The Beast: A Masterful Sci-Fi Drama Like No Other"
movie-review2 years ago

"The Beast: A Masterful Sci-Fi Drama Like No Other"

In Bertrand Bonello’s film "The Beast," Léa Seydoux and George MacKay portray doomed lovers over three lifetimes, exploring different genres from period drama to science fiction, with a spirit closest to a horror movie. The story follows Seydoux's character, Gabrielle, through different timelines, encountering MacKay's character, Louis, and being drawn to him despite leading to her destruction. The film overflows with intriguing ideas, even if they aren’t all fully explored, and Seydoux's performance shines, particularly in the 2014 segment, where she portrays a character suffused with dreamlike dread.

via Vulture|
#bertrand-bonello#george-mackay#lea-seydoux
"The Second Act" by Quentin Dupieux to Open Cannes Film Festival with Léa Seydoux Leading Star Cast
entertainment2 years ago

"The Second Act" by Quentin Dupieux to Open Cannes Film Festival with Léa Seydoux Leading Star Cast

Quentin Dupieux's French-language comedy road movie "The Second Act" will open the 77th Cannes Film Festival, starring Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Louis Garrel, and Raphaël Quenard. The film will be presented out of competition as a world premiere on May 14 and released in French cinemas on the same day. The movie follows the story of four characters meeting in a restaurant in the middle of nowhere. Greta Gerwig will preside over this year’s main jury, and the lineup will be unveiled on April 11.

via Deadline|
#cannes-film-festival#comedy#entertainment
"The Second Act" Starring Léa Seydoux to Open Cannes Film Festival
entertainment2 years ago

"The Second Act" Starring Léa Seydoux to Open Cannes Film Festival

The 77th Cannes Film Festival will open with Quentin Dupieux's "The Second Act," a surreal French comedy starring Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, Louis Garrel, and Raphaël Quenard. The film, produced by Hugo Selignac at Chi-Fou-Mi, will play out of competition on May 14 and be released in French theaters on the same day. The festival also revealed a lineup of other anticipated films, including George Miller's "Furiosa" and works from directors like Yorgos Lanthimos, Jacques Audiard, David Cronenberg, and Francis Ford Coppola.

via Variety|
#cannes-film-festival#entertainment#film-premiere
film-review2 years ago

"The Beast": Léa Seydoux Stars in a Futuristic Sci-Fi Drama

Bertrand Bonello's film "The Beast" is a potent horror picture that explores the fear of an unnamable catastrophe through the character of Gabrielle Monnier, played by Lea Seydoux. The movie spans three timelines, delving into the corporeal and unavoidable nature of the cataclysms that befall Gabrielle. With recurring motifs of dolls and technological disruptions, the film presents an enhanced vision of contemporary life and the pursuit of authenticity amidst humanity's roadblocks. Bonello's work is a deliberate and engaging exploration of fear and chaos, ultimately expressing a dread that a terrible order may emerge and make beauty disappear.

via Roger Ebert|
#bertrand-bonello#film-analysis#film-review