In January 2017, Little White Lies ran an item expressing excitement over the news that Terrence Malick‘s World War II epic Radegund was at long last coming together, our staff all a-titter at the prospect of an impending release. For the calendar-averse among us, that was two years ago.

Not too many developments on the Radegund front in the many months since, aside from perennial inclusion on film festival programming wish-lists. Until today, that is — citing an unspecified source, Indiewire has reported that Radegund will open under the new title of A Hidden Life, and suggests that that opening may not be too far off.

Indiewire’s item also makes the tentative claim that A Hidden Life will finally see the light of day with a Competition slot at the Cannes Film Festival, with only a couple short weeks separating us from the official announcement. A tweet from French cinema industry insider Cédric Succivalli alleges that Malick’s got his spot all sewn up, along with Jim Jarmusch‘s zombie comedy The Dead Don’t Die and Pedro Almodóvar‘s aching character study Pain and Glory.

Succivalli’s tweet also throws out a handful of odds-on selections that have yet to be locked in. Céline Sciamma‘s lesbian romance Portrait of a Lady on Fire, a feature from actress-turned-director Mati Diop, the latest effort from Russian up-and-comer Kantemir Balagov, the Dardenne brothers‘ terrorism drama Ahmed, Ken Loach‘s newest slice of social realism Sorry We Missed You, and Romanian master Corneliu Porumboiu‘s thriller The Passenger are all understood to be headed for the Croisette.

After two years on the shelf, a bit of a refresher on the film now known as A Hidden Life may be in order: in 1940s Austria, conscientious objector Franz Jägerstätter refused to take part in the Nazi war effort, inspiring many but ultimately landing himself in the guillotine for his disobedience.

August Diehl plays the famed pacifist in this dramatization of his life and times, while Matthias Schoenaerts and Michael Nyqvist support as the military men infuriated by his lack of loyalty to the Third Reich.

It all sounds great – it’s a new Terrence Malick film! – but that also means that this good news cannot be fully trusted. With this director in particular, you don’t really know that the film exists until you’re in the theater watching it.

A Hidden Life has yet to set a release date in the US or UK. The Cannes Official Selection announcement has been set for 18 April.

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