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, NYFF, FEMA La Rochelle, Festival Focus Valréas