Ahead of its Cannes debut, the first teaser for Karma has slithered online and, if Guillaume Canet’s latest is anything to go by, the French filmmaker hasn’t lost his appetite for emotional ruin wrapped in sleek genre machinations.

Leading the descent is Marion Cotillard, reuniting with Canet for the sixth time. Cotillard plays Jeanne, a woman attempting to disappear into a quieter existence in northern Spain alongside her partner Daniel, until the unexplained disappearance of her six-year-old godson detonates the fragile calm around her. Suddenly the prime suspect, Jeanne escapes across the border into France, retreating into the very community she once escaped. At the same time, Daniel races against the authorities to uncover the truth of the disappearance.

Joining Cotillard is an especially bruised and tired-looking Denis Ménochet, whose post-Beau Is Afraid run of morally exhausted men continues unabated, alongside Bird Box: Barcelona star Leonardo Sbaraglia and Luis Zahera. Canet co-wrote the screenplay with Simon Jacquet.

Pathé Films will release Karma in France on October 21st, while also overseeing international sales. Whether Canet delivers a slow-burn tragedy or a full Hitchcockian descent into madness remains to be seen, but we already know French people can make a mental breakdown look chic.