At the cinema, Verity, directed by Michael Showalter, is set to release on September 30. The film is adapted from the best-selling novel of the same name by American author Colleen Hoover, which was published in France in 2020 by Hugo Roman in a translation by Pauline Vidal. The story follows Lowen (Dakota Johnson), a writer hired as a ghostwriter by Verity (Anne Hathaway), a successful author who has become unable to finish her series after a serious accident. By moving into the isolated home of Verity and her husband Jeremy (Josh Hartnett), Lowen discovers a manuscript containing chilling revelations. According to NielsenIQ BookData data from the Electre database, the novel sold 215,392 copies in all formats in France. Also on September 30, Memoire de fille, directed by Judith Godrèche, will be released. The film adapts the autobiographical story of the same name by Annie Ernaux, published in 2016 by Gallimard. The story follows the writer as she goes to Rouen for a dedication session. This trip brings back memories of her stay in a summer camp in the Orne, in 1958, where she experienced her first sexual encounter. Considered as early as 1982, Memoire de fille was published 34 years later. The book sold 282,893 copies in France. On October 1, Netflix will release East of Eden, a miniseries by Garth Davis. The series brings together Florence Pugh, Christopher Abbott, and Mike Faist in this new adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel. Published in 1952, East of Eden tells the story of two families, the Trasks and the Hamiltons, across several generations, in the Salinas Valley in California. The novel was inspired in particular by the biblical rivalry between Cain and Abel through that of two brothers. The work had already been adapted into a film in 1955 by Elia Kazan, with James Dean. In France, the book was published in 1974 by the editions of the Pocket Book in a translation by J.-C. Bonnardot. On October 4, HBO Max will release Get Jiro, a ten-episode animated series. The series is adapted from the comic of the same name by Anthony Bourdain, published in 2013 by Vertigo, with the screenwriter Joel Rose. French-American chef also known for his television shows, Anthony Bourdain died in 2018. In this futuristic universe, food has become a vector of power and social distinction. Jiro, a mysterious Japanese chef, arrives in Los Angeles and upsets the established order among the great chefs who are fighting for control of the city. The series is produced by DC Studios.