A Good Little Soldier

A Good Little Soldier
Theatrical release poster
FrenchUn bon petit soldat
Directed byStéphane Brizé
Written by
  • Coralie Amedeo
  • Stéphane Brizé
  • Olivier Gorce
Produced bySidonie Dumas
Starring
CinematographyAntoine Heberlé
Edited byGéraldine Mangenot
Music byBertrand Blessing
Production
companies
Distributed byGaumont
Release dates
  • 9 September 2026 (2026-09-09) (Venice)
  • 25 November 2026 (2026-11-25) (France)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

A Good Little Soldier (French: Un bon petit soldat) is a 2026 French drama film directed by Stéphane Brizé, co-written with Coralie Amedeo and Olivier Gorce. It stars Alba Rohrwacher, Vincent Lindon, David Talbot, and Sharif Andoura.

The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on 9 September 2026, where it won the Best Screenplay award. It's scheduled to be theatrically released in France by Gaumont on 25 November.

Cast

Production

Produced by Sidonie Dumas for Gaumont, and co-produced by France 3 Cinéma. The film marks Brizé's 11th feature film, and his sixth collaboration with Vincent Lindon.

Principal photography took place in Paris and the Île-de-France region. French cinematographer Antoine Héberlé was the director of photography.

Release

The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on 9 September 2026, where it will compete for the Golden Lion. It's scheduled to be theatrically released in France by Gaumont on 25 November.

Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 92% based on 12 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 66 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

References

  1. 1 2 "Biennale Cinema 2026 | Un bon petit soldat". La Biennale di Venezia. 29 June 2026. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 Lavallée, Eric (25 April 2026). "Stéphane Brizé's 'Un bon petit soldat' - Everything We Know So Far …". IONCINEMA.com. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "A Good Little Soldier de Stéphane Brizé (2026) - Unifrance". en.unifrance.org. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "A Good Little Soldier by Stéphane Brizé now in post-production". Cineuropa. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Venice announces 20 titles in the running for the Golden Lion". Cineuropa. 23 July 2026. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "A Good Little Soldier". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  7. ↑ "A Good Little Soldier". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved 28 September 2026.