The Successor (2023)
- Original title
- Le Successeur
- Directed by
- Xavier Legrand
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- France, Belgium, Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 97 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A Canadian man rises to lead a Paris fashion house. When his father dies suddenly, he is forced to confront family secrets and his own troubled past.
tensemelancholicslow-burnbroodingsomberintrospectivemoodygrief-stricken
What happens
The Successor (French: Le Successeur) is a 2023 thriller drama film directed by Xavier Legrand. Adapted from Alexandre Postel's 2015 novel L'Ascendant, the film stars Marc-André Grondin as Ellias Barnes, a Canadian man who has become head of a major fashion house in Paris, but must face up to his past when his father unexpectedly dies. The cast also includes Yves Jacques, Laetitia Isambert-Denis, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Blandine Bury, Vincent Leclerc, Louis Champagne, Mireille Naggar, Marie-France Lambert, Thierry Harcourt, Florence Janas, Anne Loiret, Sarah Desjeunes Rico, Ted Pluviose, Jin Xuan Mao, Cindy Doutres, Nine d'Urso and Veronika Vasilyeva Rije. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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