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Ari

Competition 2025
© Geko Films - Blue Monday Productions - ARTE France - PICTANOVO - Wrong Men - 2025
Ari, a 27-year-old trainee teacher, collapses during a visit from the school inspector. Angry with him for being a failure, Ari’s father throws him out of the house. Emotionally raw and alone in the city, Ari reluctantly forces himself to rekindle relationships with old friends. As memories of the past few months ebb and flow, Ari gradually realises that other people are not doing as well as he imagined, and that perhaps he has been sleepwalking through his own life.
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by Léonor Serraille (Director, Screenplay)
with Andranic Manet, Pascal Rénéric, Théo Delezenne, Ryad Ferrad, Eva Lallier Juan, Lomane de Dietrich, Mikaël-Don Giancarli, Clémence Coullon France / Belgium 2025 French 88' Colour World premiere

With

  • Andranic Manet (Ari)
  • Pascal Rénéric (Ari's father)
  • Théo Delezenne (Jonas)
  • Ryad Ferrad (Ryad)
  • Eva Lallier Juan (Clara)
  • Lomane de Dietrich (Aurore)
  • Mikaël-Don Giancarli (The Gardener)
  • Clémence Coullon (Irène)

Crew

Director Léonor Serraille
Screenplay Léonor Serraille
Cinematography Sébastien Buchmann
Editing Clémence Carré
Sound Design Anne Dupouy, Charlotte Butrak, Pierre Bariaud, Niels Barletta
Casting Youna de Peretti
Producers Sandra da Fonseca, Grégoire Debailly
Co-Producer Benoit Roland

Produced by

Geko Films

Blue Monday Productions

Wrong Men

World Sales

Be For Films

Photos

Press Conference

Red Carpet

Léonor Serraille

© Philippe Lebruman

The director first studied literature in Lyon, Paris and Barcelona, and then film at La Fémis. After graduating, she directed a medium-length film shot on 16mm, Body, with Nathalie Richard. Jeune femme (Montparnasse Bienvenue), her graduation screenplay and debut feature film starring Laetitia Dosch, won the Caméra d’Or at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. Her second feature, Un petit frère (Mother and Son), was presented in the official competition at Cannes in 2022. Ari is her third feature film.

Filmography

2016 Body; medium-length film 2017 Jeune femme (Montparnasse Bienvenue) 2023 Un petit frère (Mother and Son)

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025