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Gentle Monster

Horizons / Gentle Monster / Austria, Germany, France, Sweden 2026

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Screenings

Friday 3/7 / 19:00
Pupp
1P5
Monday 6/7 / 19:30
Cinema B
457
Wednesday 8/7 / 22:00
Lazne III
6L5
Saturday 11/7 / 22:00
Kaiserbad
9S5

Synopsis

The images are almost idyllic: a sprawling house in the countryside, a married couple in love, and a young son. Nevertheless, the family’s stability is soon disrupted by a visit from the police who turn up at the door with a serious allegation. What secret is the husband hiding? The latest film by Austrian director Marie Kreutzer once again depicts events from a female perspective, offering up a truly gripping, emotionally charged study of a woman who is forced to confront her sudden misgivings about the man she loves. As a devoted mother and broken woman on the brink of a destroyed life, caught between trust and deception, she finds herself descending to the very depths of her emotions. French actress Léa Seydoux excels in the main role.

Vojtěch Kočárník

About the film

114 min / Color, DCP

Director Marie Kreutzer / Screenplay Marie Kreutzer / Dir. of Photography Judith Kaufmann / Music Camille / Sound Gustaf Berger / Editor Ulrike Kofler / Art Director Myrna Wolf / Producer Alexander Glehr, Johanna Scherz / Production Film AG / Coproduction Komplizen Film, Kazak Productions, Kjellson & Wik / Cast Léa Seydoux, Laurence Rupp, Jella Haase, Malo Blanchet, Catherine Deneuve / Sales mk2 Films / Distributor Artcam Films

About the director

Marie Kreutzer

Marie Kreutzer. Selected filmography: The Fatherless (Die Vaterlosen, 2011), Gruber Is Leaving (Gruber geht, 2015), We Used To Be Cool (Was hat uns bloß so ruiniert, 2016), The Ground Beneath My Feet (Der Boden unter den Füßen, 2019), Corsage (2022), Gentle Monster (2026).

Contacts

mk2 Films
55, rue Traversière, 75012, Paris
France
Phone: +33 144 673 111
E-mail: [email protected]

Artcam Films
Rašínovo nábřeží 6, 128 00, Praha 2
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 221 411 619
E-mail: [email protected]

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