EXCLUSIVE: French genre has been on the rise in recent years with Cannes Critics’ Week playing its part in launching breakout titles such as Julia Ducournau’s Raw and Just Philippot’s The Swarm.
This year the parallel section keeps up the tradition with its Out of Competition screening of Stéphan Castang’s Vincent Must Die and Deadline can reveal a first clip.
Karim Leklou, best known internationally for his role in the Marseille-set Netflix hit The Stronghold, stars as a hapless graphic designer who finds himself coming under attack from acquaintances and strangers out of the blue.
Elle and The Wild Boys actress Vimala Pons plays a service station waitress who ends up going on the run with Vincent as Castang transposes the gas station and highway diner backdrops of U.S. genre classics to France.
Vincent Must Die is one of the first projects to come to fruition for Wild West, the joint Blumhouse-style venture created by Capricci and Goodfellas (ex-Wild Bunch International) in 2021 to develop and produce French genre cinema.
It is produced by Capricci with Bobi Lux and Frakas Productions. Goodfellas is handling sales
