Sony Pictures Classics has released the trailer for the Cannes Film Festival: Un Certain Regard – Special Jury Prize-winning animation Iron Boy.
Directed by Louis Clichy from a screenplay he co-wrote with Franck Salomé, we called Iron Boy “a painterly, touching experience” and a film “as strong as iron with its emotions, humour, and visual language” in our ★★★★ review (which you can read here).
Featuring the voices of Gary Clichy, Rod Paradot, Dimitri Colas, Aurélie Vassort, Brune Moulin, Alexandre Astier, and Jean-Pascal Zadi, you can check out the trailer below…
The film follows 11-year-old Christophe in rural France, as he tries to live up to his rigid and distant father on the family farm. But the young boy starts to lean over and collapse without warning — on the tractor, at school, at dinner… A doctor finds the solution: Christophe must wear an iron corset to keep himself upright. Forced to reinvent his life away from the farm, Christophe discovers a new passion for music, meets a new friend, and follows her into his first mischief. But will any of this really fix what is out of balance?
Set in rural France, Louis Clichy’s animated coming-of-age drama follows 11-year-old Christophe, a young boy forced to wear an iron corset after a mysterious condition causes him to collapse without warning. As he adjusts to life away from the family farm, he discovers a passion for music, friendship, and a world of new possibilities.
In theaters December 4 for a qualifying run, ahead of its official theatrical release on January 22, 2027.
Directed by: Louis Clichy
Written by: Louis Clichy, Frank Salomé
Producers: Céline Vanlint, Nicolas de Rosanbo, Fabrice Delville, Christophe Toulemonde, Agathe Sofer, Alexandre Astier
Genre: Animation, Coming of Age, Drama— IndieWire (@IndieWire) November 11, 2026
Iron Boy opens in theaters in December 2026, in select city theaters starting January 22, 2027.
