15/09/2025 - Félix Moati, Alice Belaïdi, Manuel Guillot, David Ayala and Marie Gillain are all starring in the filmmaker’s first feature, produced by Latika and Pictor Production and sold by WTFilms

Actor Félix Moati and actress Alice Belaïdi

Known for his short films Je ne veux pas être comédienne and Bleu Blanc Gris, Sébastien Bardet has been shooting his debut feature film, Les crocs, since 8 September.

Stand-out names in the cast include Félix Moati (nominated for the 2013 and 2016 Best Newcomer Césars, at his very best in the series No Man’s Land [+see also:
interview: Souheila Yacoub
series profile] and starring in this year’s movie Mikado [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Baya Kasmi, Félix Moati
film profile]), Alice Belaïdi (well-received in the Hippocrate series, among other works), Manuel Guillot (The Second Act [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile]), David Ayala (nominated for this year’s Best Supporting Role César thanks to Misericordia [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Alain Guiraudie
film profile]) and Marie Gillain (nominated for the 1998 and 2012 Best Actress Césars, recently acclaimed in Maria [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Jessica Palud
film profile] and currently touring French cinemas in Une place pour Pierrot).

Written by the director, the story revolves around Virgile and Louna who have bought a farm, who are growing organic vegetables and who have a modest flock of sheep. But when they come across a dead sheep, they insist of finding out why it’s been killed...

Produced by Constantin Briest on behalf of Latika and Adrien Bretet for Pictor Production, Les crocs has been pre-purchased by Canal+ and Paramount+. The feature film also enjoys support from the SOFICA companies Entourage and Sofitvcine, and from the Occitanie region where the film will be shot over six weeks, wrapping 18 October, with Thomas Rames heading up photography. The film’s music will be composed by Dan Levy (awarded the 2020 César for I Lost My Body [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Jérémy Clapin
film profile]) and world sales will be steered by WTFilms, while the film’s release in French cinemas falls to Wild Bunch Distribution.

(Translated from French)