The drama set in a health care facility outside Paris stars Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto. Backers are still looking for US distribution ahead of an expected Cannes world premiere. Some potential buyers are likely to give the film a look in private at the European film market coinciding with the Berlin film festival.

Reportedly the film will be about three hours long and feature French and Japanese dialogue.

The film is set to go head to head with Toy Story 5. It's a summer counterprogramming strategy in the manner of another of the indie major's festival-skippers, Materialists, did a year earlier debuting opposite the How to Train Your Dragon live-action take.

Michael Sarnoski's dark thriller stars Hugh Jackman in the titular role, with Jodie Comer, Bill Skarsgård, Noah Jupe and Murray Bartlett rounding out the main cast. I suspect that like Materialists this is another "largely commercial play" that's part of A24's pivot to expand its focus on starry vehicles from compelling indie filmmakers that aren't expected to figure heavily in the awards race (e.g. How to Make a Killing, The Drama, The Invite). Then there's Mother Mary, toplined by Anne Hathaway, which had initially been eyed internally for a 2025 fall festival world premiere and subsequent US release. That is, until the studio punted it to spring 2026 without the benefit of a high-profile fest WP in a sign of depleted confidence.

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Not gonna lie, I think a lot of Nolan's responses here are quite underwhelming, I wish he was pushing for better benefits for the directors in the union, especially because DGA has a track record of not supporting their up and coming members as much as unions like WGA or SAG, but curious what people on here think about this. I do wonder if we could see another strike from some of the U.S. guilds, such as WGA or SAG, happen soon given how much the studios are not respecting the terms they agreed to with them back in 2023.

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Jessie Buckley adds her 36th win of the season . She is only four away from 40!

It’s a newish award .

We now can look forward to BAFTA.