• Feature Film
  • Drama

Gentle Monster

Lucy loves Philip and, after his burnout, moved to the countryside with him and their son, even though this meant professional constraints for her. Elsa, on the other hand, lives for her job as a special investigator with the police, but is kept busy by the responsibility for her demented father. Both build their lives around men whose dark sides they’d rather not see. A story about Lucy and Elsa, about trust and deception, about love and violence.

Data

Genre
Drama
Category
Feature Film
Financing
Majoritäre Koproduktion
Format
Digit., 100 Min
Release
17.09.2026
Distribution
Filmcasino & Polyfilm Betriebs GmbH
Funding Film Institute
1.750.000 €
Share of Austrian production costs
47 %
Share of total production costs
20 %
Television investment
750.000 €
Co-production

Komplizen Film (DE, 38%), Kazak Productions (FR, 10%)
In Koproduktion mit Kjellson & Wik, Film i Väst

International funding

FFF Bayern, MBB, DFFF, Eurimages, Arte Development (Preisgeld)

Funding program
ÖFI
Status
before release
Film location
Austria, Germany
Days of shooting
45
Completion
Spring 2026
Funding institutions Austria
Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien, Land Niederösterreich, Cinestyria Filmcommission and Fonds
Credits
Production
Film AG Produktions GmbH
Producer
Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Jean-Christophe Reymond, ,Marie Kjellson, Maren Ade
Producer Austria
Alexander Glehr, Johanna Scherz
Director
Marie Kreutzer
Script
Marie Kreutzer
DOP
Judith Kaufmann
Editor
Ulrike Kofler
Sound engineer
Carlo Thoss
Sound design
Gustaf Berger
Costume design
Monika Buttinger
Set design
Myrna Wolff
Music
Camille
Green Film Consultant
Götz Wieners
Cast
Léa Seydoux (Lucy Weiss), Laurence Rupp (Philip Weiss), Jella Haase (Elsa Kühn), Catherine Deneuve (Eryn)
maske
Sam Dopona, Verena Pellegrini
Production manager
Jana Klingseisen
German Title
Gentle Monster
Television investment
ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen), ZDF, ZDF/ARTE

Filmstills:

Eine junge Frau mit langen blonden Haaren Lucy (gespielt von Léa Seydoux) sitzt nachdenklich an einem schwarzen Flügel in einem hellen Raum.
Gentle Monster_(c) Frederic Batier_Film AG Produktions GmbH

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