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Laurent Cantet’s Final Film 'Enzo' Premieres to Acclaim at Cannes 2025

Directed posthumously by Robin Campillo, the film explores class, identity, and generational conflict through the story of a teenager rejecting privilege for manual labor.

Enzo (Eloy Pohu) noue une relation complexe avec Vlad (Maksym Slivinskyi) sur le chantier où ils travaillent tous les deux
Le réalisateur Robin Campillo et la productrice Marie-Ange Luciani dans les locaux des "Films de Pierre" avant le Festival de Cannes, le 9 mai 2025.
Le comédien Eloy Pohu, inconnu débutant, joue «Enzo» opaque et buté.
Le réalisateur Robin Campillo et la productrice Marie-Ange Luciani dans les locaux des "Films de Pierre" avant le Festival de Cannes, le 9 mai 2025.

Overview

  • ‘Enzo,’ the last screenplay by late director Laurent Cantet, was completed and directed by his longtime collaborator Robin Campillo after Cantet’s death in April 2024.
  • The film debuted in the prestigious Quinzaine des Cinéastes section at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, earning critical praise for its nuanced storytelling and thematic depth.
  • Newcomer Eloy Pohu stars as Enzo, a 16-year-old boy from a bourgeois family who leaves school to work as a mason, grappling with questions of class and self-realization.
  • The narrative examines Enzo’s outsider status in both his privileged family and the working-class construction site where he forms a complex bond with his Ukrainian mentor.
  • ‘Enzo’ is set for nationwide theatrical release in France on June 18, 2025, marking a poignant farewell to Cantet’s legacy and a fusion of his social realism with Campillo’s focus on queer desire.