The Third Night: Daniel Auteuil in cinemas on January 20, 2027

The Third Night, directed by Daniel Auteuil, opens in cinemas in France on January 20, 2027. This historical drama, presented in the Cannes Première section at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, features Antoine Reinartz and Grégory Gadebois, among others.

Two years after the excellent feature film Le Fil, which was presented in a special screening in 2024, Daniel Auteuil was back on the Croisette for this historical drama starring Antoine Reinartz and Grégory Gadebois — whom he had already directed in Le Fil. As a reminder, Daniel Auteuil won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1996 for his performance in Jaco Van Dormael’s film Le Huitième Jour.

Synopsis : August 1942. Amid the occupation, the Vichy regime launches a massive roundup of foreign Jews. Gilbert Lesage, a young official with the Department of Social Services for Foreigners, is tasked with organizing a screening commission to decide the fate of the detainees, while Father Alexandre Glasberg, a dedicated humanitarian, works to save them. Caught between Vichy’s bureaucratic machinery and the aid networks, they must join forces to defy the state and risk the unimaginable to snatch lives from the grim fate that awaits them.

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