Meet the Leroys

Cannes Remakes

Meet the Leroys

Category: Cannes Remakes Selection

Directed by: Florent Bernard

Produced by: Nolita

Original title: Nous, les Leroy

Completed in: 2024

Synopsis:

Meet the Leroys follows in the footsteps of American bittersweet comedies, somewhere wetween Little Miss Sunshine and This is 40.

Director’s biography:

After writing and directing sketches for the web collectives Golden Moustache and Studio Bagel, Florent Bernard wrote for television on the series Bloqués (2015), La Flamme (2020), and Le Flambeau (2022). In cinema, he worked on the adventure comedy Jack Mimoun et les secrets de Val Verde (2022). In a different genre, he co-wrote the horror film Vermines (2023), which was nominated for the César Award for Best First Film. In 2024, he wrote and directed the comedy Nous, Les Leroys.

Producer’s biography:

Maxime Delauney started with Dominique Besnehard at Mon Voisin Productions, then joined VMA as an artistic agent where he accompanied more than 40 talents in music and cinema such as Charlotte Gainsbourg, Woodkid, Ayo, etc.

Romain Rousseau started as a lawyer, and participated in the production of about twenty films at LGM. Romain was the general manager – more than 20 films out of 5 hits that had a total audience of 2M people in theaters.

IP Holders: Studio TF1

Studio TF1 owns one of the largest film rights catalogs in France and internationally, with over 800 titles, including major works such as The Piano, the Almodóvar collection, as well as masterpieces of French cinema like And God Created Woman and Les Diaboliques. It also houses recent box-office hits such as Alibi.com, Nous Les Leroy, and Babysitting 2.