She rose to major prominence when she was showcased at the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section with 2022’s Corsage (read review), and now we learn that Austrian filmmaker Marie Kreutzer has been piecing together her next directing gig with Gentle Monster. Produced by Corsage producers Alexander Glehr and Johanna Scherz, we were clued in by a small mention here about the production landing some national coin. Laurence Rupp (Veni Vidi Vici) and Jella Haase (Berlin Alexanderplatz) have been cast for what will likely be a quartet. Production could be lined up soon for a 2026 drop.
Working with themes of trust, deception, love, and violence, this follows two women who shape their lives around men whose dark sides they prefer to ignore. Lucy loves Philip and after his burnout she even moved to the country with him and their son, even though this meant professional restrictions for her. Elsa, on the other hand, lives for her job as a special investigator in the police, but is kept on her toes by the responsibility for her demented father. Both build their lives around men whose dark sides they would rather not see.
