Enzo

Directed by Robin Campillo | A Film by: Laurent Cantet
France
2025
102 mins

Synopsis

The Opening Film at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, Robin Campillo’s (BPM) sun-drenched, emotive drama follows Enzo, 16, as he defies his bourgeois family to find his own path.

Growing up in a well-off family in the south of France, Enzo (Eloy Pohu) leaves school to work on a construction site. Ill-suited for manual labour, he nevertheless refuses when urged to pursue his talents as an artist instead. At the same time, he’s unsure of how to act on his growing attraction to his co-worker, Vlad (Maksym Slivinskyi), a Ukrainian migrant being pressured to return and join the war effort. Campillo, working with a screenplay and vision entrusted to him by the now sadly departed Laurent Cantet (2008 Cannes Palme d'Or The Class), gently depicts a complex transition to adulthood in a film sure to elicit comparisons to Call Me by Your Name. Enzo encapsulates the way in which normalcy – a career, a future, romance, desire – can seem impossible to contemplate in times of war.

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Tickets

Sun 8 June 2025, 6:20pm
State Theatre
WheelchairSubtitledAssisted Listening
Mon 9 June 2025, 6pm
State Library of NSW
WheelchairSubtitledAssisted Listening
Sun 15 June 2025, 8:30pm
Ritz Cinemas Randwick - Cinema 5
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  • Program Strand
  • Year
    2025
  • Classification
    Unclassified 15+
  • Country
    France, Belgium, Italy
  • Language
    In French and Ukrainian with English subtitles
  • Director
    Robin Campillo | A Film by: Laurent Cantet
  • Producer
    Marie-Ange Luciani
  • Cast
    Eloy Pohu, Maksym Slivinskyi, Pierfrancesco Favino
  • Screenwriter
    Laurent Cantet, Robin Campillo
  • Cinematographer
    Jeanne Lapoirie
  • Editor
    Robin Campillo
  • Genre
  • Premiere
    Australian Premiere
  • Company Credits
    Australian Distributor: Palace Films
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