19/04/2023 - Produced by Les Films Fauves, Ecce Films and Floréal Films, and sold by Kinology, the French director’s new movie will bring queer cinema to the Croisette

Following his selection in Venice’s 2017 Critics’ Week via The Wild Boys [+see also:
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interview: Bertrand Mandico
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A queer revisitation of the heroic fantasy character Conan the Barbarian, the film stars the American actress of Romanian descent Elina Löwensohn (the filmmaker’s usual accomplice, who won acclaim for Let the Corpses Tan [+see also:
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interview: Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani
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interview: Abdellatif Kechiche
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film profile], among other works), Christa Theret (nominated for the 2010 and 2012 Best New Hope Césars, as well as for the 2008 and 2014 Best Newcomer and Best Actress Lumières – the latter thanks to Renoir [+see also:
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interview: Christa Théret
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interview: Nicolas Pariser
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interview: Agata Buzek - actress
interview: Borys Lankosz
film profile], nominated last year for My Wonderful Life [+see also:
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interview: Łukasz Grzegorzek
film profile], nominated in the Best Supporting Role category in 2003 and 2017 for Agnus Dei [+see also:
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interview: Lou de Laâge
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interview: Aleem Khan
film profile], recently at her best in Neneh Superstar and in the series Irma Vep [+see also:
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interview: Olivier Assayas
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interview: Olivier Assayas
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Written by the director, the story revolves around hellhound Rainer who roams through the abyss, narrating the six lives of Conan, who is perpetually put to death by his own future, through different eras, myths and ages; from his childhood, as a slave to Sanja and her barbarian horde, through to his accession to the heights of cruelty on the threshold to our world…

She Is Conann is produced by Luxembourg firm Les Films Fauves and French outfits Ecce Films and Floréal Films, in co-production with Orphée Films, Le Théâtre des Amandiers and Belgium’s Novak Production. The feature film also enjoys support from the Film Fund Luxembourg, among other sources, as well as an advance on receipts from the CNC and the SOFICA companies Cinémage and Cinéventure. Its release in French cinemas is entrusted to UFO Distribution, while Kinology are managing international sales.

(Translated from French)