Corsini’s ‘Le Retour,’ Sean Penn Starrer ‘Black Flies’ Added to Cannes Lineup
Corsini’s film is returning to the competition in Cannes after a delay on the announcement due to complaints about the filmmaker during her shoot.

A berth for Le Retour in Cannes had been put on hold while festival organizers took note of alleged events that took place during the filming of the French film.
Fest organizers had no comment on the addition of Corsini’s film beyond a short announcement.
Le Retour, which stars Virgini Ledoyen, portrays a woman who works for a wealthy Parisian family who offers her the opportunity to take care of their children for a summer in Corsica. That’s an opportunity for her to return with her daughters, Jessica and Farah, to the island they left 15 years earlier in tragic circumstances.
Sheridan is playing a first-year medic who hits the streets driving an ambulance with a grizzled vet, played by Penn. Choices they make will take them in opposite directions, as the newbie finds his desire to help people challenged to the breaking point. Burke, Ben Mac Brown and Ryan King wrote the script.
Black Flies is being produced under the Sculptor Media banner alongside Force Majeure, James Masciello’s creative producing arm and Projected Picture Works.
Open Road Films will release Black Flies theatrically. FilmNation Entertainment is handling rights.
Producers include Warren Goz and Eric Gold of Sculptor, Christopher Kopp and Lucan Toh. Penn is also producing via his Projected Picture Works partners, John Ira Palmer and John Wildermuth.