Foreign Language Films
Neon debuted the first teaser trailer for Alpha, the latest film from Julia Ducournau, the visionary director behind Raw and the Palme D’or-winning Titane. Set in the 1980s, the French drama stars Mélissa Boros as Alpha, a troubled 13-year-old girl; Golshifteh Farahani as her mother; and Tahar Rahim as her ailing uncle, Amin, who underwent a significant physical transformation for his role.
Here is the first look teaser trailer for Richard Linklater’s latest film, Nouvelle Vague, a homage to the French New Wave, recreating the behind-the-scenes making of Jean-Luc Godard’s seminal film, Breathless.
In the South Korean thriller film The Old Woman with the Knife, director Min Kyu-dong brings to life author Gu Byeong-mo’s (Apartment Women, a New York Times Editors’ Choice) acclaimed novel of the same name, reframed through a distinctly female perspective.
Ahead of its world premiere at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight (Quinzaine des cinéastes), The Match Factory has closed multiple distribution deals for the Christian Petzold’s feature film Miroirs No. 3.
Durga Chew-Bose’s directorial debut, Bonjour Tristesse, is a reimagining of Françoise Sagan’s 1954 novel, set against the sun-drenched backdrop of the French Riviera. The coming of age romantic drama film stars Lily McInerny as Cécile, a teenager navigating a summer of emotional upheaval, with Claes Bang portraying her charismatic father, along with Nailia Harzoune – his new girlfriend, and Chloë Sevigny as Anne, a fashion designer whose arrival disrupts their idyllic retreat.
