05/12/2025 - A Marvelous production set to be sold by WTFilms and Ginger & Fed, the duo’s debut feature notably stars Alassane Diong, Guillaume Gouix and Manon Bresch

Actors Alassane Diong (© Marie Rouge/Unifrance) and Guillaume Gouix (© Matthieu Dortomb/Agences Artistiques) and actress Manon Bresch

Acclaimed for helming the ReuSSS [+see also:
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Stand-out names in the cast include Alassane Diong (of Father & Soldier [+see also:
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interview: Prïncia Car
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interview: Julie Lerat-Gersant
film profile], The Road Ahead [+see also:
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interview: Romain Gavras
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Penned by Romain Protat (Adoration [+see also:
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Kraken is produced by Benjamin Drouin, Romain Le Grand and Vivien Aslanian on behalf of Marvelous Productions, in co-production with N9NE Studio (a company founded by former directors of Pathé, Warner, Wild Bunch, TF1 and Mikros Animation), ProdLab and Riggins Films. The movie has been pre-purchased by Disney+ and Netflix, and photography is entrusted to Raphaël Vandenbussche (Eat The Night [+see also:
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interview: Lola Quivoron and Julie Ledru
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(Translated from French)