Too Many Beasts

Directors' Fortnight, Cannes 2026

Original language: French

Subtitles: Romanian, English

Directed by: Sarah Arnold

Country: France

Year of production: 2026

Length: 95 minutes

Genre: Comedy, Crime

In the French countryside, wild boars ravaging crops spark an open war between farmers and members of a gentlemen’s hunting club, who feed the game between hunts. Brun, a bankrupt farmer, struggles to keep his farm afloat. When the club’s president pushes him to his limits, Brun shoots him and disappears. A year later, Fulda, a volatile police officer just transferred to the region, leads the investigation. Still struggling after a recent breakup, and as wild boars proliferate across the region, he is pushed to the brink of sanity.

Credits

Sarah Arnold – Director

Sarah Arnold, Jérémie Dubois, Olivier Seror, Romain Winkler, Mehdi Ben Attia – Script

Casting

Alexis Manenti

Ella Rumpf

Vincent Dedienne

Jean-Louis Coulloc'h

Pascal Rénéric

Bertrand Belin