Forsaken (L'Abandon)
Forsaken (L'Abandon) is a feature film that has completed production with Studio TF1 America, Umedia and Outside Films and 4 others attached. Vincent Garenq (director), Stéphane Simon (producer) and Marion de Blaÿ (producer) are attached. It was scheduled to shoot in Paris, France from June 2025 to August 2025. Production List last updated this listing on April 22, 2026.
Project Summary
Forsaken, the English-language title of Vincent Garenq's French drama L'Abandon, has been selected out of competition for the 2026 Cannes Film Festival and releases theatrically in France on May 13. Antoine Reinartz portrays Samuel Paty, the history teacher assassinated on October 16, 2020, after showing caricatures during a lesson on freedom of expression. The screenplay, written by Garenq and Alexis Kebbas in collaboration with Paty's sister Mickaëlle, draws on Stéphane Simon's 2023 book Les Derniers jours de Samuel Paty and the subsequent investigations and trials. Emmanuelle Bercot plays the school principal. The film is produced by Outside Films and Les Films du Kiosque, co-produced by UGC, France 3 Cinéma, and Umedia, with backing from Canal+, France Télévisions, and the CNC. Shot in summer 2025 in the Paris suburbs, the production was kept secret to avoid interfering with ongoing legal proceedings. UGC Distribution handles French release; Studio TF1 manages international sales.
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Cast & Crew
Directing
| Director | Vincent Garenq |
Writing
| Writer | Vincent Garenq |
| Writer | Alexis Kebbas |
Production
| Producer | Stéphane Simon |
| Producer | Marion de Blaÿ |
| Producer | François Kraus |
| Producer | Denis Pineau-Valencienne |
Contact details for each person listed are on file and available to members.
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Source: Production List, published by the Film & Television Industry Alliance. Cite this page as https://www.productionlist.com/production/forsaken-l-abandon (last updated Apr 22, 2026).