The Unknown

Coproduction : To Be Continued (France), Ascent Film (Italy)

140' / Fiction / 2026

With Léa Seydoux, Niels Schneider, Valérie Dréville, Lilith Grasmug, Radu Jude

David Zimmerman, almost 40, is a photographer but no one knows it. When friends drag him to a wild party, he spots a woman in the crowd and can’t take his eyes off her, he follows her… A few hours later, David wakes up : he’s in the body of the unknown woman.

JEAN VIGO PRIZE 2026

FINANCING : CNC, Île-de-France Region, Pays de la Loire Region, Cinémage 20, Cinécap 9, Palatine Étoile 23, Cinéventure 11, Cofinova 22

THEATRICAL RELEASE : 26th August 2026 (Pathé),  Scheduled for release in the United-States (NEON), Italy, Spain, Portugal, Benelux, Switzerland, Japan, Scandinavia, Greece, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Baltics, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Turkey, Ivory Coast, Senegal

TV : Canal+, Ciné+OCS, France 2, RAI 

WORLD SALES : Pathé 

FESTIVALS :  Cannes 2026 Official Selection  - Competition, Karlovy Vary IFF, Toronto IFF, New York Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, Busan, Viennale, Hong Kong French Film Festival, New Horizons Wroclaw (Poland),  Singapore International Film Festival, Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, Leiden International Film Festival (Netherlands), Budapest International Film Festival BIFF, Seville European Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Villa Medici Film Festival, RIGA Film Festival (Latvia),  Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival (Armenia), Morelia International Film Festival (Mexico),  Cannes Films à Bucarest, QCinema International Film Festival (Philippines), Festa do Cinema Francês Lisbon, Fancine (Málaga Fantastic Film Festival), TAPIS ROUGE French Film Festival (Netherlands), MUBI Fest Naples, MUBI Fest Istanbul, FEMA La Rochelle, Festival Focus Valréas