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Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2015: #82. Jean-Francois Richet’s One Wild Moment

Published on January 5, 2015

One Wild Moment

Director: Jean-Francois Richet // Writers: Lisa Azuelos, Claude Berri (original film), Jean-Francois Richet

Jean-Francois Richet won a Cesar for his 1996 debut, Inner City, but snagged international attention for his US remake of John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13 back in 2005 before directing his more notable exploration of the French gangster Jacques Mesrine, which starred Vincent Cassel in a pair of 2008 titles. This coming year will see Richet unveiling a Mel Gibson headlined film, Blood Father, but we’re more interested in his remake of Claude Berri’s 1977 film here known as One Wild Moment, starring Cassel and Francois Cluzet as friends that take their teenage daughters on vacation, though one of them has an indiscreet liaison with the other’s kid. Sounds fantastically uncomfortable.

Cast: Vincent Cassel, Francois Cluzet

Producer: La Petite Reine’s Thomas Langmann (The Search)

U.S. Distributor: Rights Available.

Release Date: We’re assuming Wild Bunch will assert this title into a game festival spot to court US distribution. It’s source material makes it seem primed for Cannes, though a sidebar or even Out of Competition may be likely.

Nicholas Bell

Los Angeles based Nicholas Bell is IONCINEMA.com's Chief Film Critic and covers film festivals such as Sundance, Berlin, Cannes and TIFF. He is part of the critic groups on Rotten Tomatoes, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and GALECA. His top 3 for 2021: France (Bruno Dumont), Passing (Rebecca Hall) and Nightmare Alley (Guillermo Del Toro). He was a jury member at the 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival.