Red Rocks

by Bruno Dumont

On the French Riviera, two gangs of kids compete in the perilous game of cliff jumping. Géo, barely five years old, discovers over the course of a summer a world where friendship blends with rivalry, and where the first stirrings of the heart emerge against the dazzling Mediterranean landscape.

  • Bruno Dumont is a French filmmaker who began his career with “The Life of Jesus” (1997), shot in his native Bailleul. The film earned immediate recognition at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight, receiving a Special Mention for the Caméra d’Or, followed by the Jean Vigo Prize.

    He continued with a distinctive style blending realism and the avant-garde, and returned to the Cannes Competition with “Humanity” (1999), which won the Grand Prix and awards for its non-professional actors. In 2003, he made “Twentynine Palms”, a desert road movie selected at Venice, before winning a second Cannes Grand Prix with “Flanders” (2006), a stark war drama.

    Dumont then explored religion and mysticism in “Hadewijch” and “Outside Satan”, before directing “Camille Claudel 1915” starring Juliette Binoche. He later reached a broader audience with the acclaimed series “Li’l Quinquin”, followed by the comedic “Slack Bay” (Cannes Competition, 2016). He revisited Joan of Arc in “Jeannette” (Directors’ Fortnight, 2017) and “Joan of Arc” (Un Certain Regard, 2019, Special Mention, then the Louis Delluc Prize).

    In 2021, he directed “France”, a Cannes Competition entry starring Léa Seydoux as a celebrity journalist navigating media, fame, and private collapse. His 2023

    film “The Empire”, a sci-fi-inflected satire set on the Opal Coast, competed at the Berlinale and won the Silver Bear Jury Prize.

    FILMOGRAPHY

    2023 - THE EMPIRE Jury Prize – Berlinale

    2021 - FRANCE Official Competition – Cannes Film Festival

    2019 - JOAN OF ARC Jury’s Special Mention – Un certain Regard

    2018 - COINCOIN & THE EXTRA-HUMANS (Miniserie) Pardo d’onore – Locarno Film Festival

    2017 - JEANNETTE: THE CHILHOOD OF JOAN OF ARC Official Selection – Directors’ Fortnight

    2016 - SLACK BAY Official Competition – Cannes Film Festival

    2014 - LIL’ QUINQUIN (Miniserie) Official Selection – Directors’ Fortnight

    2013 - CAMILLE CLAUDEL 1915 Official Competition – Berlinale

    2011 - OUTSIDE SATAN Official Selection – Un certain regard

    2009 - HADEWIJCH FIPRESCI Prize – Toronto International Film Festival

    2006 - FLANDERS Grand Prix – Cannes Film Festival

    2003 - TWENTYNINE PALMS Official Competition – Venice Film Festival

    1999 - HUMANITY Jury’s Grand Prix, Award for Best Actress and Award for Best Actor – Cannes Film Festival

    1997 - THE LIFE OF JESUS Special Mention for the Caméra d’Or –Cannes Film Festival

  • Year: 2026

    Country: Portugal, France, Italy, Spain, Qatar

    Runtime: 90 min

    Color: Color

    Language: French

    Subtitles: English

    Sound: 5.1

  • CREW

    DIRECTOR & SCREENWRITER: Bruno Dumont

    DOP: Carlos Alfonso Corral

    EDITOR: Bruno Dumont

    SPECIAL EFFECTS ARTIST: Fabrizio Nastasi

    COSTUME DESIGNER: Yara Jerónimo

    CASTING DIRECTORS: Bruno Dumont, Louise Dendraën, Julie Sokolowski

    SOUND: Bernat Fortiana

    MUSIC: Laia Torrents Carulla

    CAST

    KAYLON LANCEL

    KELSIE VERDEILLES

    LOUISE PODOLSKI

    MOHAMED COLY

    ALESSANDRO PIQUERA

    MERYL PIRES

  • Cannes Film Festival – Directors' Fortnight - Special Screening

    New Horizons International Film Festival

    San Sebastian International Film Festival – Zabaltegi Tabakalera

    New York Film Festival – Currents Section

  • "By turns suspenseful, playfully funny, and full of emotional weirdness, it's not just one of the best films at Cannes; it's also one of the best films of the year.”

    —Matthew Turner, Next Best Picture

  • "A subtly cerebral film about small bodies unsettlingly, hilariously navigating a big, violent world.”

    —Beatrice Loayza, Variety

  • "Red Rocks depicts a small world, but one that Dumont makes very big, and wonderfully strange.”

    — JONATHAN ROMNEY, Screendaily

  • "Another major step forward for a director approaching his fourth decade behind the camera.”

    —Alistair Ryder, The Film Stage