WOW! France did it! They actually did it!
Julia Ducournau’s Palme d’Or winner Titane will be France’s submission to the best international film category for the 2022 Oscars. It was among three films shortlisted in the country’s two-part selection process alongside Audrey Diwan’s Venice Golden Lion winner Happening and Cédric Jimenez’s box office hit Bac Nord (aka The Stronghold).
In the most vague premise possible, ”
“Against the backdrop of a town racked by a series of gruesome murders, Vincent Lindon co-stars as a macho fire captain haunted by the disappearance of his young son, who finds himself inextricably drawn to a strange young man who turns up at a local airport claiming to be the lost child.”
It has been enjoying a successful US theatrical release for Neon since its launch on October 1. It posted the biggest US opening weekend by a Palme d’Or winner since Fahrenheit 9/11 in 2004.
