'' A Gentle Creature '' is a 2017 drama film directed by Sergei Loznitsa . The film was created as an international co-production between France , Germany , the Netherlands , Russia , Latvia , Ukraine and Lithuania . It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival . The film is inspired by the short story of the same name by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
2017 Cannes Film Festival
2017 Cannes Film Festival
A Gentle Creature (film)