Sarah Chardonnet is 45 years old and has three children. She was also the wife of Paul Chardonnet—nicknamed “Walker”—who has just died in a plane crash while piloting his own aircraft. A brilliant entrepreneur with an increasingly bright future ahead of him, Walker is suddenly gone. Now a widow, Sarah finds herself left in charge of FlyEuropExpress, a logistics firm that has become the European leader in express transport—a company that must somehow be kept running. It is with anger that she receives François Schneider, a private investigator specializing in missing persons, who has been commissioned by FlyEuropExpress’s insurance company to confirm that Walker is indeed dead. The fact is, no body has been recovered…
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Cast
6 people
Yvan Attal
François Schneider
Known for
Rush Hour 3
The Interpreter
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Sarah Chardonnet
Known for
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Melancholia
Pierre Deladonchamps
Paul 'Walker' Chardonnet
Known for
Stranger by the Lake
Eiffel
Élisa Erka
Chloé
Known for
Rodrigue in Love
Love Is Dead
Ben Homewood
David Malmour
Known for
Two Is a Family
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Carinne Koeppel
Claire
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Olivier Ducray Director · Jean-Paul Bathany Screenplay Wilfried Méance Screenplay
Director Screenplay
Olivier Ducray
Screenplay
Jean-Paul Bathany
Screenplay
Wilfried Méance
Author
Antoine Bello
Composer
Benjamin Faugloire
Cinematographer
Christophe Offenstein
Editor
Alan Jobart
Production designer
Frédérique Doublet
Production designer
Frédéric Grandclere
Costume designer
Rebecca Renault
First release December 30, 2026 · Produced in France · Production Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, France 2 Cinéma
Production
Nac Films
Production
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
Production
France 2 Cinéma
Production
TF1 Studio
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France
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Original title
L’Homme qui s’envola
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · December 30, 2026
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No release date listed for United States.
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