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Gentle Monster

Gentle Monster

Director Marie Kreutzer

1 hr. 54 min. · Austria, France, Germany, 2026 · Drama · German, French, English · Subtitles: Lithuanian, English · Pegi 13

About the film

Acclaimed concert pianist Lucy moves with her husband Philip and their young son to the countryside, hoping the change will help Philip recover from burnout. The family gradually settles into a quieter rhythm - until the police arrive one morning to arrest Philip and confiscate his computer. What Lucy subsequently discovers shatters everything she thought she knew about the man she loves and the father of her child. Caught between the instinct to protect her son and feelings for Philip that have not simply disappeared, she must find a way to live with a reality she could never have imagined. Kreutzer began developing the film after reading a news report, but the subject later took on an unsettling personal dimension when an actor in her previous film, Corsage, was convicted of possessing and producing child sexual abuse material. Gentle Monster shifts the focus away from the perpetrator and towards the women left to carry the emotional burden of crimes committed by those closest to them.
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Details

Running time
1 hr. 54 min.
Country, year
Austria, France, Germany, 2026
Genre
Drama
Language
German, French, English
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Age rating
Pegi 13

Credits

Director
Marie Kreutzer
Screenplay
Marie Kreutzer
Producers
Alexander Glehr, Johanna Scherz
Cast
Léa Seydoux, Catherine Deneuve, Jella Haase, Sylvester Groth
More information
www.imdb.com
Marie Kreutzer

Director

Marie Kreutzer

Marie Kreutzer studied screenwriting at the Film Academy Vienna. Her films have screened at the Berlinale and Cannes, received recognition at the Austrian Film Awards, and also featured at Scanorama. Her 2022 film Corsage, starring Vicky Krieps, premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes, where Krieps won the award for Best Performance. Kreutzer returned to Cannes with her latest film, Gentle Monster, this time in the festival’s main Competition.

Screenings

15 screenings in 8 cities.

  1. Friday, November 6 18:30 Forum Cinemas Vingis · Hall 6 Tickets
  2. Saturday, November 7 16:15 Skalvija · Hall 1 Tickets
  3. Monday, November 9 20:30 Forum Cinemas Vingis · Hall 6 Tickets
  4. Wednesday, November 11 16:15 Forum Cinemas Vingis · Hall 12 Tickets
  5. Saturday, November 14 15:30 Paupio Pasaka · Paupio salė Tickets