After ‘Son of Saul,’ László Nemes Returns to WWII With ‘Moulin’ and a Warning About Tyranny: ‘You Have to Choose Your Side’
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Eleven years after "Le Fils de Saul", László Nemes finds the competition again with another film about the Second World War. "Moulin" is a biopic celebrating the courage of those who are ready to die for their idealsIn a few days will be unveiled out of competition La Bataille de Gaulle. Iron age, the first part of a diptych by Antonin Baudry dedicated to the fate of General de Gaulle during the Second World War. The film will be released in the…
From 12 to 23 May, our special envoy on the Croisette delivers his totally subjective opinion on the films unveiled in the world preview. Today: "Moulin" by Hungarian filmmaker László Nemes, competing for the Golden Palme. Or the tale of the last days of the hero of the Resistance performed by Gilles Lellouche. - Cannes 2026: Gilles Lellouche en route for the performance prize for his poignant performance in "Moulin"? (Culture, media and enterta…
After ‘Son of Saul,’ László Nemes Returns to WWII With ‘Moulin’ and a Warning About Tyranny: ‘You Have to Choose Your Side’
Laszlo Nemes is returning to Cannes with 'Moulin,' a thriller revolving around the face off between French Resistance hero Jean Moulin and Nazi officer Klaus Barbie.
2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 5 - László Nemes' 'Moulin'
Four films in and his second trip to the Cannes competition section, Hungarian filmmaker László Nemes began his career by winning the Grand Prix for Son of Saul (2015). He landed in Venice with films two and three with 2018’s Sunset and 2025’s Orphan. A cinema that looks at individuals trapped inside historical catastrophe, fractured perceptions and the search for dignity amid chaos, for this time out her revisits the past once again with the hi…
Hungarian director László Nemes did not want to make the hero of the French Resistance a saint. From his last ten days in the hands of the executioner Klaus Barbie, the two opposing faces of humanity emerge: “The humanist one and the one focused on the destruction of all consciousness.”
Large screen is back on the Croisette for the Cannes Film Festival 2026. And it's time to come back to Moulin, a new film by László Nemes (Le Fils de Saul) on the last days of the famous resistant, incarnated by Gilles Lellouche. It must be admitted that the project was scary: a film about the arrest of [...]
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