Gentle Monster
By Marie Kreutzer
Feature / Drama / World premiere in Official Competition in Festival de Cannes 2026
© Film AG / Frédéric Batier
PRODUCTION INFO AND CREW
Original Title: Gentle Monster
Format: Feature
Screenplay & Director: Marie Kreutzer
Producers: Alexander Glehr, Johanna Scherz
Co-Producers: Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Jean-Christophe Reymond, Marie Kjellson, Kristina Börjeson (Film i Väst)
DoP: Judith Kaufmann
Production Design: Myrna Wolff
Music: Camille
Montage: Ulrike Kofler
Costume Design: Monika Buttinger
Make Up Design: Sam Dopona & Verena Pellegrini
Sound: Carlo Thoss
Sound Design: Gustaf Berger
Casting: Rita Waszilovics
Child Welfare Officer: Christine Hartenthaler
Cast: Léa Seydoux, Jella Haase, Laurence Rupp, Malo Blanchet, Anton Rubtsov, Nils Strunk, Patrycia Ziółkowska, Sylvester Groth, Regina Fritsch, Rainer Doppler, Katharina Lorenz, Alma Hasun, Baran Sönmez, Sara Sukarie, Sami Loris, Johannes Kienast, Jeanne Werner, Martin Muliar and Catherine Deneuve.
Sales: Mk2
A K&W co-production
ABOUT
Lucy loves Philip and, after his burnout, moved to the countryside with him and their son, even though this meant professional constraints for her. Elsa, on the other hand, lives for her job as a special investigator with the police, but is kept busy by the responsibility for her demented father. Both build their lives around men whose dark sides they'd rather not see. A story about Lucy and Elsa, about trust and deception, about love and violence.
FESTIVALS & WORLD PREMIERE
Official Competition in Festival de Cannes 2026