MUMBAI: Julie Bertucelli‘s The Tree starring Charlotte Gainsbourg will be the closing-night film at the Cannes Film Festival on 23 May.

The Tree is Bertucelli‘s second feature after Since Otar Left which won the prize for best first film at the 2004 Cesar Awards, France‘s top movie honors.

In addition to Gainsbourg, the film stars Marton Csokas and Aden Young in a drama about a family mourning the death of their father.

The film, an adaptation of Judy Pascoe‘s novel Our Father Who Art in a Tree was shot in Australia.

The festival opens on 12 May.