International Competition · 47th
The Green Eyes
LES YEUX VERTS
Director
Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh
Country
France, Belgium, Sweden
Runtime
1 h 25 min
Language
French, Arabic
Premiere
MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)
Synopsis
11 years old Chaya, lives with her family in the Landes region, by the ocean. When they learn they’re being evicted, her older brother Nour falls into a deep and mysterious sleep. Chaya will do everything she can to wake him up, even going so far as to dive into his dreams to find him.
Cast
Douae Butarbuch M'Zaouki, Sayyid El Alami, Anamaria Vartolomei, Arcadi Radeff, Omar Al Jbaai
Screenplay
Guillaume Laurant, Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh
Producers
Julie Billy, Carole Scotta
About the Director
French filmmakers who met at Sciences Po Bordeaux. After studying film at La Ruche de Gindou Cinéma and in Lussas, they co-directed several shorts, including the César-nominated Chien Bleu. Their debut feature Gagarine (2020) received the Cannes Label. In 2025, they directed The Green Eyes.