04/02/2026 - The offbeat filmmaker has assembled a cast including Kristen Stewart, Woody Harrelson, Charlotte Le Bon and Emma Mackey for an English-language feature produced by Chi Fou Mi Productions

The highly prolific Quentin Dupieux has struck again with a new film already in post-production, entitled Full Phil, on which StudioCanal will officially launch international sales at the European Film Market (12-18 February) during the 76th Berlinale. Billed as a surreal black comedy, the movie is perfectly in line with the French filmmaker’s previous work but nonetheless marks Dupieux’s return to the English language, which he’d left behind back in 2014.

Headlining the cast are US stars Kristen Stewart (seen in 2024 in Love Lies Bleeding [+see also:
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Written by the filmmaker, the screenplay centres on Philip Doom, a very wealthy American businessman who tries to reconnect with his daughter Madeleine on a lavish trip to Paris. But French cuisine, a 1950s horror film and an overbearing hotel employee soon threaten to throw their trip off course.

For the record, Quentin Dupieux has already featured in Cannes four times (opening the Official Selection in 2024 with The Second Act [+see also:
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Full Phil was produced by Hugo Sélignac for Paris-based company Chi Fou Mi Productions.

(Translated from French)