The hilarious laugh-a-minute comedy Comédie Française is a wonderfully chaotic love letter to the theatre.

At the oldest active theatre company in the world there is one golden rule: the play is NEVER cancelled.  Unfortunately for producer Nina (Pauline Clément), everything is unravelling just three hours before the premiere of her first production – an ambitious retelling of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Her lead actor is stuck on a train, tensions are exploding, passions flaring, equipment breaking down and egos are clashing. With panic setting in and the clock ticking Nina must hold things together at all costs. Will the show go on?

France’s hit summer comedy (directed by Bertrand Usclat and Martin Darondeau) and the winner of four awards at the Alpe d’Huez Comedy Film Festival, Comédie-Française is a delicious behind-the-scenes farce which is unafraid to poke fun at the highbrow reputation of French theatre. Featuring a cast of real-life members of the theatre company, this is a gleeful, knowing parody and a sheer delight.

Released in the UK and Ireland from Friday, 9 October 2026 the film has also been chosen as part of the official selection of French Film Festival UK (running from 4 November to 9 December 2026). Keep an eye on your favourite FFF UK venues for screenings both before and during the Festival. 

Cast  Pauline Clément, Laurent Stocker, Julien Frison

Directors Bertrand Usclat & Martin Darondeau 

France | 2026 | 75 mins | Cert TBC

UK Distributor Tull Stories

“An opening-night farce where everything that can go wrong does in the three hours before curtain up.“

Variety

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