List of French films of 2022

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A list of French-produced and co-produced films scheduled for release in 2022. When applicable, the domestic theatrical release date is favoured.

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Films

TitleDirectorCastNotesRelease dateRef
Alam Firas Khoury [1]
Arthur, malédiction Barthélémy Grossmann Vadim Agid, Lola Andreoni, Mathieu Berger29 June [2]
AshkalYoussef Chebbi [1]
Athena Romain Gavras 23 September [3]
The Beasts (As bestas) Rodrigo Sorogoyen Denis Ménochet, Marina Foïs, Luis Zahera, Diego Anido, Marie ColombSpain-France coproduction20 July [4]
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (Saules aveugles, femme endormie) Pierre Földes 16 June [5]
The Blue Caftan (Le Bleu du Caftan) Maryam Touzani
Boy from Heaven (La Conspiration du Caire) Tarik Saleh Sweden-France-Finland coproduction26 October [6]
Brother and Sister (Frère et Sœur) Arnaud Desplechin Marion Cotillard, Melvil Poupaud, Golshifteh Farahani 20 May [7]
Casa Susanna Sébastien Lifshitz [8]
Coma Bertrand Bonello Louise Labèque, Julia Faure, Gaspard Ulliel, Laetitia Casta, Vincent Lacoste, Louis Garrel, Anaïs Demoustier 16 November

[9] [10]

Corsage Marie Kreutzer Austria-Germany-Luxembourg-France coproduction14 December [11]
The Dam (Le Barrage) Ali Cherri
De Humani Corporis Fabrica Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel France-Switzerland coproduction [12]
Driving Madeleine (Une belle course) Christian Carion France-Belgium coproduction21 September [13]
Falcon Lake Charlotte Le Bon Joseph Engel, Sara Montpetit, Karine Gonthier-Hyndman, Monia Chokri Canada-France coproduction [14]
Final Cut (Coupez!) Michel Hazanavicius 17 May
The Five Devils (Les Cinq Diables) Léa Mysius 31 August
Forever Young (Les Amandiers) Valeria Bruni Tedeschi 16 November
The Gravity (La Gravité) Cédric Ido 21 December
Hawa Maïmouna Doucouré Sania Halifa, Oumou Sangaré, Yseult, Kamrul Hossain9 December [15]
Heart of Oak Laurent Charbonnier  [ fr ], Michel Seydoux 23 February [16]
Holy Spider Ali Abbasi 13 July
The Hummingbird (Il Colibri) Francesca Archibugi Italian-French coproduction
L'immensità Emanuele Crialese Luana Giuliani, Penélope Cruz, Vincenzo Amato, Patrizio Francioni, Maria Chiara Goretti, Penelope Nieto Conti, Alvia Reale, India SantellaItaly-France coproduction [17]
The Innocent (L'Innocent) Louis Garrel 12 October
The Pack (La jauría)Andrés Ramírez Pulido [1]
Little Nicholas: Happy As Can Be (Le Petit Nicolas : Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux ?)Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre Alain Chabat, Laurent Lafitte 20 May [18]
Maigret Patrice Leconte Gérard Depardieu Belgium-France coproduction23 February
Mother and Son (Le petit frère) Léonor Serraille
My Imaginary Country (Mi país imaginario) Patricio Guzmán Chile-France coproduction
Nobody's Hero (Viens je t'emmène) Alain Guiraudie 2 March [19]
Notes For a Film (Notes pour un film) Ignacio Agüero Gustave Verniory, Alexis Maspreuve, Ignacio AgüeroChile-France coproduction
November (Novembre) Cédric Jimenez Jean Dujardin, Anaïs Demoustier, Sandrine Kiberlain, Jérémie Renier, Lyna Khoudri 5 October [20]
On the Edge (Entre la vie et la mort) Giordano Gederlini  [ fr ] Antonio de la Torre, Marine Vacth, Olivier Gourmet Belgium-France-Spain coproduction29 June [21]
One Fine Morning (Un beau matin) Mia Hansen-Løve 5 October
The Origin of Evil (L'Origine du mal) Sébastien Marnier Laure Calamy, Jacques Weber, Dominique Blanc, Suzanne Clément 5 October [22]
Other People's Children (Les Enfants des autres) Rebecca Zlotowski Virginie Efira, Roschdy Zem, Chiara Mastroianni, Callie Ferreira-Goncalves21 September [23]
Pacifiction (Tourment sur les îles) Albert Serra Benoît Magimel, Pahoa Mahagafanau, Marc Susini, Matahi Pambrun, Alexandre Melo, Sergi López, Montse Triola, Michael Vautor, Cécile Guilbert, Lluis Serrat, Mike Landscape, Cyrus Arai, Mareva Wong, Baptiste PinteauxFrance-Spain-Germany-Portugal coproduction9 November [24]
Paris Memories (Revoir Paris) Alice Winocour 7 September [25]
Piggy (Cerdita)Carlota PeredaLaura Galán, Richard Holmes, Carmen Machi, Irene Ferreiro, Camille Aguilar, Claudia Salas, Pilar Castro Spain-France coproduction2 November [26]
La Provisoria Melina Fernández da Silva & Nicolás MetaAndrés Ciavaglia, Ana Pauls, Juan Chapur, Sol Bordigoni, Nicolás Juárez, Albertina VázquezArgentina-Chile-Mexico-Brazil-Colombia-France coproduction
Return to Seoul (Retour à Seoul) Davy Chou
Rewind & Play Alain Gomis
Rodeo (Rodéo) Lola Quivoron 7 September [27]
Saint Omer Alice Diop 23 November
Stars at Noon Claire Denis
Three Times Nothing (Trois fois rien) Nadège Loiseau Antoine Bertrand, Philippe Rebbot, Côme Levin Canada-France coproduction16 March [28]
Unicorn Wars Alberto Vázquez Spain-France coproduction28 December [29]
Valiant Hearts (Cœurs vaillants) Mona Achache Camille Cottin France-Belgium coproduction11 May [30]
Will-o'-the-Wisp (Fogo-Fátuo) João Pedro Rodrigues Mauro Costa, André CabralFrench-Portuguese coproduction14 September [31]
Winter Boy (Le Lycéen) Christophe Honoré Paul Kircher, Juliette Binoche, Vincent Lacoste 30 November [32]
The Worst Ones (Les Pires) Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret Mallory Wanecque, Timéo Mahaut, Johan Heldenbergh7 December

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Jeremy Kay, "Toronto unveils 2022 TIFF Docs, Contemporary World Cinema line-ups". Screen Daily , August 17, 2022.
  2. "Irréductible, En roue libre, Arthur malédiction... : les sorties ciné du 29 juin". L'Union. 29 June 2022.
  3. Ehrlich, David (2 September 2022). "'Athena' Review: A Roman Candle of a Movie About a Police Siege in Paris". IndieWire .
  4. "The Beasts". UniFrance . Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  5. Angelica Babiera, "Canadian copro Saules aveugles, femme endormie wins at Annecy". Playback , June 1, 2021.
  6. Bornet, Jacky (24 October 2022). ""La Conspiration du Caire" : Tarik Saleh dénonce les accointances politico-religieuses en Egypte dans un film courageux". France Info (in French). Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  7. "Brother and Sister de Arnaud Desplechin (2022)". UniFrance .
  8. Jennie Punter, "Toronto Doc ‘Casa Susanna’ Opens Doors on Early Postwar Trans and Cross-Dressing Community". Variety , September 12, 2022.
  9. "Coma de Bertrand Bonello (2022)". UniFrance .
  10. "Des distributeurs ajustent leurs line-ups" [Distributors adjust their line-ups]. Boxoffice Pro (in French). 12 May 2022. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  11. "Corsage de Marie Kreutzer (2022)". UniFrance . Coproducer countries: Austria (58.62%), Luxembourg (21.34%), Germany (10.03%), France (10.01%)
  12. Jordan Mintzer, "‘De Humani Corporis Fabrica’: Film Review | Cannes 2022". The Hollywood Reporter , May 23, 2022.
  13. "Line Renaud et Dany Boon à nouveau réunis dans un film qui sortira en septembre". La Voix du Nord , 20 June 2022.
  14. "Le premier film de Charlotte Le Bon, Falcon Lake, sélectionné à Cannes". Ici Radio-Canada, April 19, 2022.
  15. "Après «Mignonnes», Maïmouna Doucouré met Oumou Sangaré et Yseult à l'affiche". Paris Match , 24 April 2022.
  16. De Boishue, Pierre (21 February 2022). "Le chêne, l'arbre et la manière". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  17. Lodge, Guy (4 September 2022). "'L'Immensità' Review: Penélope Cruz Adds Dazzle to a Gentle, Poignant Tale of Transgender Adolescence". Variety .
  18. Peter Debruge, "‘Little Nicholas: Happy as Can Be’ Review: The Pint-Size Hero of a Cartoon ‘The 400 Blows’ Meets His Makers". Variety , 19 June 2022.
  19. Jacques Mandelbaum,  Viens je t’emmène » : Alain Guiraudie ou la folle sarabande du vivre-ensemble". Le Monde , March 2, 2022.
  20. "Cinéma : Novembre, de Cédric Jimenez, en salles le 5 octobre". franceinfo: . 3 October 2022.
  21. Engelen, Aurore (27 June 2022). "Review: On the Edge". Cineuropa .
  22. Stephanie Bunbury, "Venice Review: Laure Calamy In Sebastien Marnier’s ‘The Origin Of Evil’". Deadline Hollywood , 1 September 2022.
  23. "Les enfants des autres: Un film de Rebecca Zlotowski" [Other People's Children: A film by Rebecca Zlotowski]. Ad Vitam Distribution (in French). Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  24. Lodge, Guy (27 May 2022). "'Pacifiction' Review: Albert Serra's Torpid Tahitian Getaway is Cryptic But Curiously Hypnotic". Variety .
  25. Jordan Mintzer, "‘Paris Memories’ (‘Revoir Paris’): Film Review | Cannes 2022". The Hollywood Reporter , 22 May 2022.
  26. Lépine, Cédric (26 September 2022). "FEFFS 2022 : "Piggy" (Cerdita) de Carlota Pereda". Mediapart .
  27. Sheri Linden, "‘Rodeo’: Film Review | Cannes 2022". The Hollywood Reporter , May 25, 2022.
  28. Marc-André Lussier, "Une ode à l’amitié". La Presse , March 18, 2021.
  29. "UFO Distribution repousse Unicorn Wars". Box Office Pro. 26 September 2022.
  30. "Vaillant Hearts". Cineuropa . Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  31. Guy Lodge, "‘Will-o’-the-Wisp’ Review: João Pedro Rodrigues’ Hot, Hilarious Queer Firefighter Fantasia". Variety , 4 June 2022.
  32. Anju Devadas, "WINTER BOY (2022) ‘TIFF’ REVIEW: AN AFFECTING AND PERSONAL MEDITATION ON LOSS & GRIEF". High on Films, September 11, 2022.

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