| The Successor | |
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| Director: | Xavier Legrand |
| Producer: | Alexandre Gavras |
| Based On: | L'Ascendant by Alexandre Postel |
| Starring: | Marc-André Grondin Yves Jacques Anne-Élisabeth Bossé |
| Music: | Sébastian Akchoté |
| Cinematography: | Nathalie Durand |
| Editing: | Yorgos Lamprinos Julie Wuillai |
| Studio: | KG Productions Metafilms Stenola Productions |
| Distributor: | Haut et Court MK2 Films |
| Runtime: | 93 minutes |
| Country: | France Belgium Canada |
| Language: | French |
The Successor (French: Le Successeur) is a 2023 thriller drama film directed by Xavier Legrand.[1] Adapted from Alexandre Postel's 2015 novel L'Ascendant, the film stars Marc-André Grondin as Ellias Barnes, a Canadian man who has become head of a major fashion house in Paris, but must face up to his past when his father unexpectedly dies.[2]
The cast also includes Yves Jacques, Laetitia Isambert-Denis, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Blandine Bury, Vincent Leclerc, Louis Champagne, Mireille Naggar, Marie-France Lambert, Thierry Harcourt, Florence Janas, Anne Loiret, Sarah Desjeunes Rico, Ted Pluviose, Jin Xuan Mao, Cindy Doutres, Nine d'Urso and Veronika Vasilyeva Rije.