Top 200 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2023: #123. Delphine Deloget’s Rodéo

Rodéo

Not to be confused with last year’s Un Certain Regard title about street smarts and dirt bikes from Lola Quivoron, Delphine Deloget‘s Rodéo is all drama and sees Virginie Efira and Arieh Worthalter topline. A directorial debut that went into production in January of ’22 in the region of Brittany, Curiosa Films’ Oliver Delbosc (Stars at Noon) produced the film and Julia Kowalski and Pierre Chosson co-wrote the film along with Deloget. After working mostly in the docu-world, Deloget gradually moved into fiction — so we’re expecting this to borrow from certain realism to portray a truly fractured family in.

Gist: Sylvie lives in Brest with her two children, Sofiane and Jean-Jacques. Together, they form a close-knit family. One night, Sofiane is injured while alone in the flat while his mother is at work. The incident is reported and Sofiane is placed in a foster home. Helped by a lawyer, her brothers and her children’s love, Sylvie is determined to win the administrative and legal battle.

Release Date/Prediction: They included a pair of directorial debuts in the comp for the Golden Bear last year, so perhaps they’ll extend the invite to first timers this year as well.