Several new films are set to explore a wide range of themes, from horror and psychological drama to historical and personal narratives. Digger, directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and featuring Tom Cruise, Sandra Hüller, and Riz Ahmed, follows the most powerful man in the world on a frenzied mission to become a savior of humanity before the catastrophe he himself triggered destroys the planet. Kraken, directed by Mohamed Chabane and Théo Jourdain Rhodes, with actors including Alassane Diong, Manon Bresch, and Guillaume Gouix, is set in a city where an abandoned tower fuels rumors. As strange disappearances occur, five young people have no choice but to enter it again, only to find themselves trapped in a deadly trap from which escaping will be impossible. The initial idea for Kraken was not born with the directors, but during an informal exchange in the south of France. It was a manager of a housing complex, who became a cinephile while in prison, who suggested they launch a horror story taking place in a large housing complex. Later, during the Séries Mania festival, Mohamed Chabane and Théo Jourdain Rhodes met producer Guillaume Thevenin, who had the same ambition to make a horror film set in a tower. Notre salut, directed by Emmanuel Marre and featuring Swann Arlaud, Sandrine Blancke, and Harpo Guit, is set in September 1940 during the Pétain regime. The film follows Henri Marre, 49 years old, who arrives in Vichy with no money, no contacts, and far from his wife and children. He sees in the new administration the opportunity to finally find the place he deserves. The idea for Notre salut was born when a cousin of Emmanuel Marre passed on the letters of his great-grandparents. He discovered that his ancestor had indeed served the Vichy regime and written the treaty Notre salut. Far from a traditional biopic, the film freely draws from this correspondence to explore the mechanisms of the banality of evil. Verity, directed by Michael Showalter, features Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, and Josh Hartnett. The film follows Lowen Ashleigh, a solitary writer struggling to live off her profession, who agrees to become the ghostwriter for the successful author Verity Crawford and moves into her isolated property. Mémoire de fille, directed by Judith Godrèche, features Tess Barthélemy, Valérie Dréville, and Maïwène Barthélemy. The film follows Annie Ernaux as she is invited to sign her latest book in the city of her childhood, Rouen. As she goes there, she experiences a dizziness and plunges back into the memory of the summer of 1958, the time of her first night with a man. Although the main story takes place in 1958, the director deliberately chose to include racially diverse actors or create new characters, such as a young girl who must hide her homosexuality played by Maïwène Barthélemy. Le Monde à l'envers, directed by Sylvie Meyer, features Sandrine Bonnaire, Marianne Denicourt, and Isild Le Besco. The film follows Muriel Salmona, a renowned psychiatrist and specialist in sexual violence, who dedicates her life to healing those broken by childhood. Délivre-nous du Mal, directed by Valeria Baldan and Giovanni Ziberna, is the only documentary approved by the International Association of Exorcists. Melpomène, directed by Charlotte Dauphin, features Charlotte Dauphin, Pascal Greggory, and Andie MacDowell. The film follows Marthe, who returns to southern France thirty years after the mysterious death of her mother to reveal the truth. But the more she approaches her past, the more reality seems to elude her. For her second feature film, Charlotte Dauphin chose to combine the roles of director and lead actress by playing Marthe. This choice became necessary during the writing process: "Marthe was such an investigation for me that it would have been difficult to entrust her to someone else." Le Chant des oliviers, directed by Alex Camilleri, features Michela Farrugia, Nenu Borg, and Michael Azzopardi. The film follows Mar, who inherits land after her mother's death and while touring the island to reclaim her land, meets Nenu, guardian of an ancestral chant that leads her into improvised musical duels and tests her desire to flee. It was while leaving New York to temporarily settle in Malta that Alex Camilleri imagined the feature film. While looking for a place to settle, the director fell in love with the għana, a Maltese singing tradition practiced in secret. Un hiver russe, directed by Patric Chiha, follows Margarita, Yuri, and their friends, a group of young Russian exiles, as they search for their place in a world that no longer seems theirs. For the photography of Un hiver russe, Patric Chiha and his chief cinematographer Céline Bozon deliberately sought a particular aesthetic, favoring a smoothed visual aspect, almost digital. The goal was not to seek traditional beauty, but a uniform world translated by a "plastic beauty, untouchable, artificial."