1-2 Special has acquired all North American distribution rights to Emmanuel Marre’s Cannes competition title A Man of His Time.
The film had its world premiere at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival in Competition, where it was awarded the Best Screenplay Prize. 1-2 Special will release the film in theaters next year.
Inspired by the life of Marre’s own great-grandfather, the film is set in 1940 and follows Henri Marre (Swann Arlaud) as he arrives alone in Vichy, France, as the Nazi-collaborating regime settles in. Broke, estranged from his family, and carrying copies of his self-published manifesto “Notre
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