I’ve made no mystery concerning my love for the films from Jacques Audiard having placed A Prophet at #1 on my top ten of 2009 and Rust and Bone at #9 on my top ten of 2012. So, to say I’m looking forward to his next film, which may or may not be titled Erran, is a no-brainer and today we learn Sundance Selects has acquired U.S. rights to the feature.
Audiard co-wrote the screenplay with Thomas Bidegain (A Prophet) and Noé Debré (Les gamins) and the film is centered on a Sri-Lankan Tamil fighter who is a political refugee in France, where he works as a caretaker on an ‘unruly’ council estate in the Parisian suburbs.
Filming is currently underway, assuming for a 2015 release and perhaps a Cannes premiere, but as of yet no word on who exactly is starring in the picture. Either way, I can’t wait to see what Audiard has for us next.
