The Successor (2023 film)

The Successor (Le Successeur) is a 2023 thriller drama film directed by Xavier Legrand. Adapted from Alexandre Postel's 2015 novel L'Ascendant, the film stars Marc-André Grondin as Ellias Barnes, a Canadian man who has become head of a major fashion house in Paris, but must face up to his past when his father unexpectedly dies.

The cast also includes Yves Jacques, Laetitia Isambert-Denis, Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Blandine Bury, Vincent Leclerc, Louis Champagne, Mireille Naggar, Marie-France Lambert, Thierry Harcourt, Florence Janas, Anne Loiret, Sarah Desjeunes Rico, Ted Pluviose, Jin Xuan Mao, Cindy Doutres, Nine d'Urso and Veronika Vasilyeva Rije.