A filmography that began in 1999 with the Locarno Film Festival-premiered Le Bleu des villes, across ten features to date largely exploring economic struggle, institutional power versus the individual, and the dignity of labor under pressure—best embodied by his two Cannes Film Festival Competition entries La Loi du marché (2015) and En guerre (2018)—French filmmaker Stéphane Brizé has in recent years become a Venice regular with Une vie (2016), Un autre monde (2021), and the quietly affecting, deliciously funny and profound 2023 Hors-saison (read ★★★★ review). For his eleventh feature film, he returns to familiar themes and finds his recent muses returning to the fold. Here is everything we know so far for… Stéphane Brizé‘s Un bon petit soldat (aka A Good Little Soldier).
Production took place back in May of last year in Paris on a screenplay written by Brizé, Coralie Amédéo and Olivier Gorce.
Newly hired in the HR department of a major insurance company, Carla is tasked with an ambitious campaign to rebuild the employer brand. Driven by the idea of reconciling employee well-being with the company’s performance objectives, Carla treads an increasingly fine line—until compromises become inevitable.
Alba Rohrwacher, Vincent Lindon toplines and Sharif Andoura also returns to the fold.
Cinematographer Antoine Héberlé returns to work with Brizé – they paired together on his other films such as Mademoiselle Chambon (2009), A Few Hours of Spring (2012) and A Woman’s Life (2016).
Currently set for a domestic France release on November 25th, we see Brizé returning to the Venice Film Festival competition and San Sebastián could also be in the cards directly after.
