Top 150 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2020: #112. Bruno Reidal – Vincent Le Port

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Bruno Reidal

Vincent Le Port embarks on his highly anticipated feature length debut, the period piece Bruno Reidal, produced by Thierry Lounas for Capricci Films. A cast of non-professional have been employed by Le Port, including Dimitri Dore, Alex Fanguin and Romain Villedieu. The feature is lensed by Mickaël Capron (Benjamin Crotty’s Fort Buchanan, 2014). Le Port won the Prix Jean Vigo for his 2016 short “The Chasm.” He also produced the 2016 Cesar nominated short “The Last of the Frenchmen.”

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Gist: In 1905, French seminarian Bruno Reidel is found guilty of murdering a child. At the request of the doctors studying him, he writes his memoirs to explain his action.

Release Date/Prediction: Shot in July/August of 2019, we expect Bruno Reidal to premiere in Cannes 2020, potentially Critics’ Week.

Nicholas Bell
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), FIPRESCI, the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS) and GALECA. His top 3 for 2023: The Beast (Bonello) Poor Things (Lanthimos), Master Gardener (Schrader). He was a jury member at the 2019 Cleveland International Film Festival.

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