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Cannes Film Festival 2026

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La Battalie De Gaulle: L’Âge De Fer (Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Antonin Baudry; Stars: Simon Abkarian, Simon Russell Beale, Benoît Magimel)
The story of Charles de Gaulle's rise to power.
World premiere
Diamond (Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Andy Garcia; Stars: Brendan Fraser, Bill Murray, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Patrick, Vicky Krieps)
Film noir about a man with an uncanny ability to be able to solve crime.
World premiere
The Electric Kiss (La Venus électrique) (Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2026; Director: Pierre Salvadori; Writer: Pierre Salvadori, Benoît Graffin, Benjamin Charbit; Stars: Pio Marmaï, Anaïs Demoustier, Gilles Lellouche, Vimala Pons, Gustave Kervern, Patrice Tépasso)
A grieving artist tries to reconnect with his dead wife via a clairvoyant, who is in fact a penniless performer who has cooked up a ruse.
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Opening film. World premiere
Her Private Hell (Country: US, Denmark; Year: 2026; Director: Nicolas Winding Refn; Writer: Nicolas Winding Refn, Esti Giordani; Stars: Sophie Thatcher, Kristine Froseth, Havana Rose Liu, Diego Calva, Dougray Scott, Shioli Kutsuna, Charles Melton, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Aoi Yamada, Boy Ewald, Jason Hendil-Forssell)
Thriller. A woman hunts for her father as a mysterious mist engulfs their city.
World premiere
Karma (Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Guillaume Canet; Writer: Guillaume Canet, Simon Jacquet; Stars: Marion Cotillard, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Luis Zahera, Anne Le Forestier, Denis Ménochet, Alain Blazquez, Ferran Font Benito, Stivell Perot)
Psychological thriller about a woman who becomes the main suspect in her godson's disappearance.
World premiere
L’Abandon (Country: France; Year: 2026; Director: Vincent Garenq; Writer: Vincent Garenq, Alexis Kebbas; Stars: Emmanuelle Bercot, Nedjim Bouizzoul)
Drama about lead up to the murder of French school teacher Samuel Paty.
World premiere
L’Objet Du Delit (Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2026; Director: Agnès Jaoui; Writer: Agnès Jaoui; Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Eye Haïdara, Agnès Jaoui, Claire Chust, Oussama Kheddam, Lucie Gallo, Vincenzo Amato, Tiphaine Daviot, Maxime Pambet, Patrick Mille, Hervé Pierre, Emmanuel Salinger, Jacques Weber)
Drama that sees the cast of an opera rocked by an accusation of sexual assault.
World premiere
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