LaBruce's 'Third Take' Headlines Locarno Alliance 4 Lineup
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- Alliance 4 Development, Locarno's co-development platform for film projects from Austria, France, Germany and Switzerland, presented its 2025 project line-up including Bruce LaBruce's first French-led feature.
- "Third Take" is described as a "female melodrama" starring Monica Bellucci and Béatrice Dalle, marking LaBruce's debut in a French-led production; the platform's broader slate also features a queer musical and an eco body horror project per the announcement headline.
Why it matters: Alliance 4 Development gives projects from four major European production territories (Austria, France, Germany, Switzerland) visibility at Locarno, one of Europe's premier film festivals. LaBruce — long associated with transgressive North American indie cinema — landing on the slate with a French-led, female-led melodrama fronted by two of European cinema's most iconic actresses marks an unusually mainstream pivot for the director.
