Cannes Palme d’Or winner Cristian Mungiu has set his sights on a return to the festival in 2026 with his debut English-language film Fjord starring Sebastian Stan ( The Apprentice ) and Renate Reinsve ( Sentimental Value ).
The co-stars play a mixed Romanian and Norwegian couple who move to the fjord village where the wife was born with their children. Their planned new life does not go to plan when they come up against a coup;e with a very different outlook on life.
“I’m in post-production now. We shot this year in April and May in Norway mostly. We are very happy that we happen to have a couple of actors in the film that have had a lovely year, Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve,” the Romanian director told Deadline on the red carpet at the Marrakech Film Festival .
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