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.