ROMA ELASTICA

West Coast Premiere | France, Italy | 2026 | Drama, Fantasy | 107 min | In French & Italian with English subtitles, in English | 17+

Directed by: Bertrand Mandico
Written by: Bertrand Mandico
Produced by: Mathieu Verhaeghe & Thomas Verhaegue (L’Atelier de Production), Marco Alessi (Dugong Films), Daniele Segre (Redibis Film), Rai Cinema
Cinematography: Nicolas Eveilleau
Original Score: Pierre Desprats
Film Editing: Laure Saint-Marc
Cast: Academy Award® winner Marion Cotillard (Eddie Mars), Noémie Merlant (Valentina), Martina La Manna (young Eddie), Martina Scrinzi (Lilia), Agnese Claisse (Viva), Milutin Dapcevic (Marco Mozer), Isabella Ferrari (Claudia), Maurizio Lombardi (Andrea), Ornella Mutti (TV presenter)
International Sales: Kinology
US distributor: XXX

Synopsis

1982. Marion Cotillard stars as actress Eddie Mars, who’s just wrapping her umpteenth schlocky American horror film, when she’s diagnosed with a brain tumor and flies off to the Eternal City to shoot a Felliniesque science-fiction extravaganza set in 2026 — a film that may very well be her last. Director Bertrand Mandico, co-author of the infamous “Incoherence Manifesto,” takes his theory to the limit in this hallucinogenic psychodrama about an aging scream queen who’s been “betrayed by youth,” her trippy descent into the netherworld, and her desperate attempts to come to grips with her own mortality.

Director’s bio

A graduate of the Gobelins film program in Paris, Bertrand Mandico has written and directed numerous shorts, music videos and experimental theater productions over the course of his career. His feature films include The Wild Boys (2017), which was named Best Film of the year by Cahiers du Cinéma and won the Grand Prix in Brussels; After Blue (2021), which won the FIPRESCI Prize in Locarno and the Fantastic Fest Jury Award; She Is Conann (2023), which premiered in the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight; Dragon Dilatation (2024); and La Déviante Comédie (2024). Roma Elastica premiered in the Midnight Screenings section of this year’s Cannes Film Festival.