{"id":22767,"date":"2025-07-02T16:39:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T16:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/?page_id=22767"},"modified":"2025-10-28T17:40:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:40:05","slug":"the-wonderers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/the-wonderers\/","title":{"rendered":"THE WONDERERS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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THE WONDERERS<\/h1>\n

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TRUFFAUT THEATER<\/p>\n

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SUNDAY NOVEMBER 2<\/strong>
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\nFrance T\u00e9l\u00e9visions<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/mk_content_box][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][vc_separator color=”custom” border_width=”2″ css=”” accent_color=”#ea1300″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1757870601481{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]North American Premiere<\/span><\/strong> |\u00a0France |\u00a02025\u00a0|\u00a0Drama |\u00a0100\u00a0min\u00a0|\u00a0In French with English subtitles<\/p>\n

Directed by: <\/strong>Jos\u00e9phine Japy
\nWritten by: <\/strong>Jos\u00e9phine Japy,\u00a0Olivier Torres
\nProduced by: <\/strong>Antoine Playoust (Cowboys Films), France 3 Cin\u00e9ma
\nCinematography:\u00a0<\/strong>Romain Carcanade
\n<\/strong>Original Score: <\/strong>Odezenne
\nFilm Editing:<\/strong> Nicolas Desmaison
\nCast:<\/strong> M\u00e9lanie Laurent (Madeleine),\u00a0Pierre-Yves Cardinal (Gilles),\u00a0Sarah Pachoud (Bertille), Angelina Woreth (Marion), F\u00e9lix Kysyl (Thomas), St\u00e9phane Varupenne (Fran\u00e7ois), Anne Loiret (Professor Morgane Janson), Thomas Gioria (Antoine)
\nInternational Sales: <\/strong>Pulsar Content<\/p>\n

Synopsis<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Madeleine, Gilles and Marion Roussier live their lives in a continual state of fragile equilibrium, hinged upon the wildly capricious \u2013 at times, physically dangerous \u2013 behavior of the family’s younger daughter, Bertille, who is severely disabled. Still undiagnosed at the age of 15 and given to occasional seizures and vanishing acts, Bertille can no longer speak and seems unable to understand or communicate with others. Yet, while it feels as though everyone’s life is on pause, waiting for the other shoe to drop, the film is buoyed by moments of joy and the family’s unequivocal love for one another. Actor Jos\u00e9phine Japy<\/strong> moves into the director’s chair to recount her personal experience of growing up with a severely disabled younger sister… whose name also happens to be Bertille.<\/p>\n

Director’s Biography<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Actor-turned-director Jos\u00e9phine Japy<\/strong>\u00a0made her screen debut at the age of 11 in Yves Angelo’s Grey Souls<\/em> (COLCOA 2006). She appeared in Gabriel-Julien-Laferri\u00e8re’s comedy Neuilly Yo Mama!<\/em> (2009) and its sequel Neuilly sa m\u00e8re, sa m\u00e8re<\/em> (2018), and played French singer\u00a0France Gall in the Claude Fran\u00e7ois biopic My Way<\/em> (COLCOA 2012). She was nominated for a C\u00e9sar Award for Most Promising Actress for her powerful performance in M\u00e9lanie Laurent’s Breathe<\/em> (2014), which was followed by Hugo G\u00e9lin’s sci-fi romantic comedy Love at Second Sight<\/em> (2019). She portrayed Balzac’s titular heroine in Marc Dugain’s fim adaptation of Eug\u00e9nie Grandet<\/em> (2021), and the wife of scandal-ridden business tycoon Bernard Tapie in the Netflix miniseries Class Act<\/em> (TAFFF 2023). The Wonderers<\/em><\/strong>, which is Japy’s directorial debut, had its world premiere in the Special Screenings section of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The film is presented at TAFFF before its release in France on December 31, 2025.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][mk_image src=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/screenshot-2025-09-28-at-10.00.31.png” image_size=”full” link=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/win-a-trip-to-paris\/” target=”_blank” align=”center”][mk_image src=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/the-wonderers-600×800-eng.jpg” image_size=”full” frame_style=”gray_border” align=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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