Jonathan Millet’s GHOST TRAIL scheduled to have several screenings at Cannes Critics’ Week

 

With the Cannes Film Festival’s 77th edition coming up on the horizon and set to take place from May 14th to the 25th, Jonathan Millet’s French-Syrian feature film GHOST TRAIL — the opening film for the 63rd Critics’ Week, which is set to take place from May 15th to the 23rd — will be holding three different screenings at the French festival.

 

 

The film will be screened three times on Wednesday, May 15th at 8:30 am, followed by another screening at 2:15 pm, and then the film’s official premiere will be held at 7:45 pm as part of the Critics’ Week Opening Ceremony. All screenings of GHOST TRAIL will be held at Espace Miramar.

 

 

It is then scheduled to screen twice on Thursday, May 16th — the first at 9 am at La Licorne and the second at 7 pm at Le Raimu — and at 2 pm on Friday, May 24th at STUDIO 13.

 

 

In a manhunt thriller inspired by true events, the past and present collide, exploring themes of justice and redemption.

 

Based on the true story of a secret group who hunt down the regime’s fugitive leaders, the film starts off in Syria and follows Hamid, who joins a secret group tracking Syrian regime leaders on the run. His mission takes him to France, pursuing his former torturer for a fateful confrontation.

 

A joint production between France and Syria, the film stars French-Tunisian star Adam Bessa, known for Netflix’s EXTRACTION and EXTRACTION 2, and winner of the Best Actor Award at Canne’s Un Certain Regard for HARKA, as well as Tawfeek Barhom, and Julia Franz Richter.

 

Directed and co-written by Millet alongside Florence Rochat, GHOST TRAIL was lensed by Olivier Boonjing, edited by Laurent Sénéchal, and produced by Pauline Seigland and Philippe Logie. In terms of the bigger companies at play, the film was produced by Films Grand Huit, Nikofilms, and Hélicotronc, while MK2 handles the film’s World sales and MAD Solutions handles its Arab World sales.

 

Hailed as a “thrilling sensory film in which French-Tunisian actor Adam Bessa’s subtlety leaves us breathless” by the Critcs' Week's Artistic Director Ava Cahen, GHOST TRAIL was supported by several grants and organizations such as Canal+ Ciné+ & Arte, Eurométropole de Strasbourg, Eurimages, Franco-German Mini-Treaty, the Images of Diversity Fund, Cofinova 20, Cinémag 18, Indéfilms 12, Cinéaxe 5, BeTV, and the Berlin Regional Fund.