When her grandmother dies, Shana inherits a hoop that’s supposed to guard her from unhealthy luck. And wow, does she want it! In any case, Shana does not simply need to undergo the trials and tribulations of on a regular basis life with the assist of her group of associates. Her poisonous companion can also be launched from jail. So, every kind of misfortunes pile up…
That is the configuration for Shanaa French comedy-drama directed by Lila Pinell, introduced its world premiere on the Quinzaine des filmmakers in the course of the 2026 Cannes Movie Pageant. The filmmaker’s second characteristic movie and her first as a solo director is an adaptation of the brief movie King Davidwhich she wrote and directed.
Produced by Ecce Movies and CG Cinema, worldwide gross sales are managed by Les Movies du Losange.
With Eva Huault, who was additionally the protagonist of King Davidand Noémie Lvovsky, the movie takes the viewers by the surroundings across the protagonist. “His character strikes, just like the ring, from one story, one world or one state of affairs to a different,” emphasizes Pinell in a press release from the director. “On this sense, she is a formidable narrative engine. Shana strikes all the pieces round her and prevents these worlds from closing in on themselves. She will get her foot within the door, she breaks down limitations. She is a precept of motion in her personal proper.”
About Shana, she says: “There’s, inside her, a need for emancipation however she will’t actually put her finger on it. This leads her into conditions of confrontation and battle that appear to resolve nothing.”
A trailer for Shanawhich THR can now debut completely, we meet the protagonist, her associates, and an entire bunch of her complications. It additionally highlights his vitality and his outspokenness, particularly in a cemetery.
Watch the trailer for Shana right here.