19/04/2023 - The director’s new film, a Moonshaker production being sold by Charades, starring Arieh Worthalter in the lead role, will open the Directors’ Fortnight

A third trip to the Croisette is on the cards for Cédric Kahn, who will have the honour of opening the 55^th Directors’ Fortnight (17-26 May, an integral part of the 76^th Cannes Film Festival) with his 13^th feature, The Goldman Case [+see also:
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interview: Cédric Kahn
film profile]. The director will be returning to the parallel section in which he presented his second feature, Too Much Happiness, in 1994, seven years before he duked it out for the Palme d’Or with Roberto Succo. As a reminder, he also directed Red Lights (in competition at Berlin in 2004), Wild Life [+see also:
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interview: Cédric Kahn
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Toplining his new opus is the brilliant Belgian thesp Arieh Worthalter (Magritte Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2019 and 2020 for Girl [+see also:
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interview: Lukas Dhont
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interview: Olivier Masset-Depasse
film profile], nominated in the Best Actor category for Hold Me Tight [+see also:
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film profile], popular recently in Saturn Bowling [+see also:
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interview: Patricia Mazuy
film profile]). Also among the cast are names such as Arthur Harari (the director of Onoda – 10,000 Nights in the Jungle [+see also:
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interview: Arthur Harari
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interview: Justine Triet
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The story, written by Cédric Kahn and Nathalie Hertzberg, unfolds in November 1975, as the second trial begins for Pierre Goldman, a far-left militant. During his first trial, he was sentenced to life in prison for four armed robberies, one of which led to the death of two chemists. He protests his innocence in relation to this last charge and, after a few weeks, becomes an icon for the intellectual left. Georges Kiejman, a young lawyer, handles his defence. But very soon, their relationship becomes increasingly strained. The evasive and provocative Goldman is at risk of the death sentence and makes the outcome of his trial uncertain.

Produced by Benjamin Elalouf (see the interview) for Moonshaker and co-produced by Trop de bonheur Productions, The Goldman Case has been pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+. The feature has also secured an advance on receipts from the CNC and has been supported by the Cinémage, Indéfilms and SG Image Soficas. Interestingly, the cinematography has been entrusted to Patrick Ghiringhelli (nominated for the Lumière and César Awards in his category this year, for The Night of the 12th [+see also:
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interview: Dominik Moll
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Incidentally, Cédric Kahn currently has another feature in post-production, Making Of [+see also:
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interview: Cédric Kahn
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(Translated from French)