Grand Tour (film)

Grand Tour is a 2024 period drama film co-written and directed by Miguel Gomes.

The film premiered on 22 May 2024 at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, and was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in its main competition section, where Miguel Gomes won the Best Director award.

Plot
In 1918, Rangoon, Burma is a city under British colonial rule. Civil servant Edward abandons his fiancée Molly on the day they are to be married. He flees in a state of melancholy, contemplating Molly's condition. Determined to be married, Molly follows his trail.

Cast

 * Gonçalo Waddington as Edward
 * Crista Alfaiate as Molly
 * Cláudio da Silva as Timothy Sanders
 * Lang Khê Tran as Ngoc
 * Jorge Andrade as Reginald
 * João Pedro Vaz as Reverendo Carpenter
 * João Pedro Bénard as Horace Seagrave
 * Teresa Madruga as Espia
 * Joana Bárcia as Lady Dragon
 * Jani Zhao as Noiva Chinesa
 * Manuela Couto as Mrs. Cooper
 * Diogo Dória as Major Brown
 * Américo Silva as Comandante Britanico
 * Giacomo Leone as Signor Farnese

Production
Grand Tour was produced by the Lisbon-based company Uma Pedra No Sapato, in co-production with Italy's Vivo Film and France's Shellac Sud and Cinéma Defacto. In March 2023, Variety reported that the film was shooting in Italy. It also revealed that the film would combine 16 mm film scenes with the images and sounds Gomes captured during a research trip to Asia.

Release
Grand Tour was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 22 May 2024.

International sales are handled by The Match Factory. The film was originally set to be released theatrically in France by Tandem and Shellac on 18 December 2024, but the release date was pushed forward to 6 November 2024. In June 2024, Mubi acquired distribution rights to the film in North America, United Kingdom, Ireland, Latin America, Germany, Austria, Turkey and India.

Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, Grand Tour holds an approval rating of 83% based on 18 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 76 out of 100 based on 8 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.