[Marthe Keller and Mélanie Thierry in Chrysalis.]
A reminder that distribution rights for Julien Leclercq's Chrysalis are being offered for sale by Gaumont S.A. at this year's Marché du Film in Cannes. Gaumont Distribution is scheduled to release the movie theatrically in France on October 31st.
The screenplay for Chrysalis was written by Leclercq, Franck Philippon, Nicolas Peufaillit, and Aude Py. The movie stars Albert Dupontel as Lieutenant David Hoffmann, Marie Guillard as Lieutenant Marie Becker, Marthe Keller as Professor Brügen, Mélanie Thierry as Manon (Thierry is also in Cheyenne Carron's Twisted Souls (Ecorchés) and Mathieu Kassovitz's Babylon A.D.), Alain Figlarz as Nicolov, Estelle Lefébure as Clara (Lefébure is also in Xavier Gens' Frontier(s) (Frontières)), Patrick Bauchau as Professor Minkowski, and Francis Renaud as Yuri.
For more information on Chrysalis, see ScreenAnarchy's third, second, and first articles on it.
Chrysalis teaser trailer (downloadable 11.4 MB MOV file)