Movies - Albatros : Discover the poster of the new Xavier Beauvois’ film

By Mulder, 11 february 2021

"Often, to have fun, the crewmen
Take albatrosses, vast birds of the seas,
Who follow, indolent traveling companions,
The ship slipping on the bitter chasms. " - Charles Baudelaire, the Albatross

L'albatros is Xavier Beauvois' new film after Nord (1991), N'oublie pas que tu vas mourir (1995), Selon Matthieu (2000), Le Petit Lieutenant (2005), Des hommes et des dieux (2010), La Rançon de la gloire (2014), Les Gardiennes (2017) and Un petit fils (2020). The cast includes Jérémie Renier, Marie-Julie Maille, Victor Belmondo and Iris Bry. This film is in official competition at the 71st Berlin Film Festival. It will be released in France on August 25th.

Synopsis :
Laurent, a brigade commander of the Etretat gendarmerie, plans to marry Marie, his partner, mother of his daughter nicknamed Poulette. He loves his job despite a daily confrontation with social misery. While trying to save a farmer who threatens to commit suicide, he kills him. His life will then be turned upside down.

Albatros
Directed by Xavier Beauvois
Produced by Sylvie Pialat, Benoît Quainon
Written by Xavier Beauvois, Frédérique Moreau, Marie-Julie Maille
Starring Jérémie Renier, Marie-Julie Maille, Iris Bry, Victor Belmondo, Madeleine Beauvois
Cinematography : Julien Hirsch
Edited by Marie-Julie Maille
Production companies : Les Films du Worso, Pathé, France 3 Cinéma, Scope Pictures, Orange Studio
Distributed by Pathé (France)
Release date: August 25, 2021 (France)