Roma Elastica is an upcoming film written and directed by Bertrand Mandico, starring Marion Cotillard, Isabella Ferrari and Noémie Merlant, with Tea Falco, Maurizio Lombardi, Ornella Muti, Martina Scrinzi and Franco Nero in supporting roles. The film is a co-production between France and Italy and was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome, and also in Nice and La Gaude in France between 26 May and 18 June 2025. It is described as "a tribute to some of the great masters and legends of Italian cinema", as it follows an actress who is going to shoot her latest film in Rome in the 1980s.

The film will have its world premiere at the Midnight Screenings section of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival in May 2026.

Plot

Set in the 1980s, it follows an actress who is going to shoot her latest film in Rome.

Cast

Production

Development

Bertrand Mandico wrote and directed the film, a co-production between France's Atelier de Production and Italy's Redibis Film and Dugong Films, in collaboration with Rai Cinema and with support from the Italian Ministry of Culture. In December 2023, it was reported that the film had been granted €25.000 in funding from CNC's commission for assistance for the co-development and co-production of Franco-Italian cinematographic and audiovisual works. On 19 May 2024, producers Thomas and Mathieu Verhaeghe told French magazine Le Film français that they were going to produce the film.

On 28 May 2025, Variety reported that the film's plot details are being kept under wraps, and Cinecittà's CEO Manuela Cacciamani announced during a press conference that Roma elastica "is a tribute to some of the great masters and legends of Italian cinema."

Mandico's frequent collaborator Nicolas Eveilleau serves as director of photography. The costumes were designed by Pauline Jacquard.

Casting

On 20 December 2024, Vogue France announced that Marion Cotillard will play the film's lead, an actress who is going to shoot her latest film in Rome in the 1980s, and that Alba Rohrwacher and Jasmine Trinca were also in the cast. On 25 April 2025, Noémie Merlant joined the cast. On 28 May 2025, Maurizio Lombardi, Ornella Muti, Martina Scrinzi, Franco Nero and Isabella Ferrari joined the cast. While Trinca was no longer in the cast according to Cinecittà's website.

In July 2025, Cinecittà's website added Agnese Claisse, Milutin Dapcevic, Zlatko Burić, Josephine Thiesen, Michele Bravi, Alessio Gallo, Ondina Quadri, Tea Falco, Coco Labbée, Michelangelo Dalisi, Toni Pandolfo, Christophe Bier, Martina La Manna, Simone Zambelli, PierGiuseppe Di Tanno, and Maziar Firouzi to the ensemble, while Rohrwacher was no longer in the cast.

Filming

Filming was originally scheduled to begin in January 2025, but it was later postponed to the end of May 2025. Filming took place in Nice and La Gaude in France, and at Cinecittà studios in Rome, Italy. Shooting began on 26 May 2025 and wrapped on 18 June 2025.

Release

The film will premiere at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival in the Midnight Screenings section. It will be released theatrically in France by Condor Distribution.

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