Sony Pictures Classics has released the US teaser for Iron Boy, Louis Clichy's award-winning French animated film. It opens in select US cities on January 22, 2027, after a one-week awards-qualifying run starting December 4.
The story
Known in France as Le Corset, the film follows 11-year-old Christophe in rural France as he tries to live up to his rigid, distant father on the family farm. Then he starts leaning over and collapsing without warning, on the tractor, at school, at dinner. A doctor's answer is an iron corset, worn day and night. Sent off to rebuild his life away from the farm, Christophe finds a new love of music, makes a new friend, and follows her into his first mischief.
It premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes in May 2026, where it won the Special Jury Prize, and went on to win three awards at the Annecy animation festival, including the Jury Award and the Audience Award. It also played Toronto and the New York Film Festival.
Who's in it
The French voice cast includes Gary Clichy as Christophe, Rod Paradot as JB, Brune Moulin as Clara, Dimitri Colas as Jean, Aurélie Vassort as Catherine, Alexandre Astier as Michel and Jean-Pascal Zadi as the Priest.
Behind the camera
Clichy directs from a script he wrote with Franck Salomé. It's produced by Beside Production, RTBF, Eddy Cinéma, Regular Production, France 3 and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, and was released in France by KMBO in October.
Distributed in North America by Sony Pictures Classics.